LaBreck, 35, was killed in a crash Sunday after leaving the Windsor Fair when the pickup he was driving crashed. His passenger Jennifer Hood was also killed.
Jessica Lowell
Jessica Lowell covers business and economic development and general news in the Gardiner area.
After short but intense aspirations to be an opera singer (age 4) and a deep-sea diver (age 6) her most enduring passion has been telling stories.
A University of Maine graduate, she worked for newspapers in New Hampshire, upstate New York and Wyoming, where she has won awards for investigative and explanatory journalism.
She’s a fellow of the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.
After several years out of journalism, she returned to Maine and to writing, where she spends her free time enjoying both trees and the ocean, two commodities that Wyoming lacks.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
State police seek information on camper stolen in Chelsea
A witness saw a pickup truck drive away with the camper at the end of August.
advertisement
Posted inMaine
Winslow woman killed in crash after leaving Windsor Fair remembered as good mother
Lisa Hood said her 38-year-old daughter, Jennifer Hood, had been looking forward to going to the fair with her children.
Posted inMaine
Pittston’s newly acquired island brings possibilities, problems
Even before they acquired Bodge Sands Island, town officials had been considering developing a parcel of land they acquired through unpaid taxes into a recreation area with access to the Kennebec River.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Windsor Fair’s first cornhole tournament makes some noise
Forty teams from across the region compete for top honors.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Maine man plans to appeal sentence for killing Augusta pedestrian with car
Andrew Bilodeau is sentenced to serve 10 years in prison with all but 1 year suspended for hitting and killing Emile Morin of Augusta.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Uncategorized
Bateau Brewing opens in Gardiner
The brewery and tasting room is one of the businesses opening in the Dingley Block on Water Street.
Posted inMaine
Remediation work continues at site of Gardiner bridge project
The Department of Environmental Protection plans to deploy a geoprobe next week to try to locate the source of petroleum products in the soil next to Cobbosseecontee Stream.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Restoration and improvement work begins at Head Tide Dam
The project will open up the fish habitat on the Sheepscot River in Lincoln County.
Posted inMaine
Storm downs tree, sends branch through roof of Monmouth home
‘I did pray for firewood,’ Deborah Fox says. ‘I could have had that prayer answered in a different way, but it’s all good firewood.’