The Winthop Fire Department responded late Tuesday afternoon to a report of a man with his boots on fire at 439 Old Lewiston Road.
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
Legislature tables bill to open Sheepscot Pond to migrating fish
But a compromise compromise outlines the steps that need to be taken before the fish passage can be opened.
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Posted inMaine, News
Group raising money to purchase a dam in Whitefield – and get their lake back
Association members hope to end a lengthy and complicated dispute about lowered lake levels.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Reward doubled in unsolved case of 2015 cow killings in Richmond
Daria Goggins said she hopes the $5,000 reward she’s offering will lead to the arrest and prosecution of whoever killed her well-loved Holsteins, Isadora and Theodore.
Posted inMaine, News
In absence of federal flood protection, Maine communities taking own action
Midwinter flooding on the Kennebec River has Gardiner seeking solutions.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Asphalt company relocating from Windham to Gardiner, Richmond
Auburn Asphalt will develop two lots it bought at the Libby Hill Business Park in Gardiner and has bought property in Richmond.
Posted inMaine, News
Conflicting priorities emerge from October storm
CMP line crews focused on restoring power, while municipal officials wanted to open roads.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Richmond woman sentenced to 45 days in jail over credit union embezzlement
Clarissa Hurley, who had worked at the Down East Credit Union in West Bath, will be required to pay back the $8,500 that she stole.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Kennebec County to join nationwide lawsuit against opioids manufacturers
The lawsuit alleges the drugmakers failed to disclose the addictive nature of their products.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News
‘On the catwalk… Oh on the catwalk, yeah. I do my little turn on the catwalk.’
Cat fans travel from as far away as Texas and Canada to show off their cats over the three-day event in Augusta.