The Life Community Church buys the former Universalist Congregational Church on the city’s Church Hill.
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 inMaine, News
UMA forum takes look at state history on gun rights
The Maine archivist recounts how the right to bear arms was abridged following a contentious gubernatorial election in 1879.
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Posted inMaine, News
New Gardiner library fee schedule will charge towns on per capita basis
Partner towns in the school district will pay $10 per thousand, while those outside will pay $7.50 per thousand.
Posted inMaine, News
No teardown needed for Gardiner building damaged by fire, owner says
Businessman Fernando Stelser makes plans to rebuild the multi-story structure that contained offices and a restaurant.
Posted inMaine
Package that prompted closure of Augusta post office, federal building was empty
The box, which prompted a three-hour shut down and shelter-in-place order for a nearby school, was ultimately determined to be empty by the Maine State Police bomb squad.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Gardiner heralds the holiday season with Parade of Lights, tree lighting
It’s just one of the central Maine communities celebrating the season with public events.
Posted inMaine, News
Officials haven’t found any connections between fatal crashes in Liberty
Three people died in two accidents in as many days on a stretch of Route 3 that the Maine Department of Transportation doesn’t consider a high-crash zone.
Posted inMaine
Police identify victims, a woman and young boy, in fatal Liberty crash
This is the second fatal crash in two days on the same stretch of Route 3.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Longtime employee of A1 Diner in Gardiner will take on a new role: Owner
Longtime owners Mike Giberson and Neil Andersen have sold the iconic diner to Aaron Harris, who worked at the diner for years and had been looking for a change.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Turkey farmers find business rewarding in more ways than one
Tom and Judy Abbott of West Gardiner say growing their farm, which includes pigs and cattle, has been an exercise in planning but the quality product is worth it.