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.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2020
Gardiner preparing for launch of adult-use marijuana market
Having approved changes to the land-use ordinance, the City Council is considering a proposal for annual licensing fees.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
Richmond voters opt to extend TIF district, explore school district withdrawal
A steady stream of voters turned out at the Public Works garage on High Street to vote on two local issues as well as the state referendum on the vaccine law and the presidential primary.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
Richmond man sentenced on sexual touching, other charges in West Bath
Jeffrey Tilton will serve six months in jail on assault and unlawful sexual touching charges and will receive probation on witness tampering charge.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Richmond voters head to polls Tuesday on local issues
Town officials scheduled votes on whether to extend the Pipeline TIF district and whether to explore leaving Regional School District 2 for the same election as the people’s veto on the state’s vaccination law and the Democratic presidential primary.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Parents detail dramatic rescue of their newborn by Gardiner emergency personnel
When Maegan Carves and Robbie Lunt planned to have their second child at home, they had no idea that nothing would go according to plan.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2020
Concerns about Richmond schools boil over amid district-withdrawal talks
A public hearing during Monday’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting focused on the possibility of Richmond withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2020
Litchfield man, indicted on manslaughter charges, found dead at home
The body of Shawn W. Metayer, 60, was found Tuesday morning at his Litchfield house after deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an unattended death.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
Augusta man charged in Richmond murder makes court appearance
Tyon K. Shuron, who is accused of killing Andrew Sherman on or near Sept,. 29, 2019, is being held without bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2020
Richmond residents to weigh in on leaving RSU 2
The question on the ballot asks whether residents want to explore leaving Regional School Unit 2, which would require knowing the costs to leave the district and to have Richmond run its own schools.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2020
Electrical fire doused in Gardiner
Fire crews from Gardiner and surrounding towns turned out to knock down an electrical fire caused by a faulty light fixture in a West Street home.
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