A week after Barn Boards and More’s Mount Vernon workshop burned, the company that salvages old barns and makes furniture is putting the pieces of the business back together in a different way.
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.
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New headquarters in Manchester for the Maine Cabin Masters
As part of Manchester Community Days, the stars of the DIY Network show will host a yard sale to clear out items they acquired with the purchase of 915 Western Ave. to benefit a vocational program for adults with mental illness.
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Me Too founder Tarana Burke speaks at women’s summit
The theme of the conference, which takes place every other year, is taking action against sexual assault, harassment and exploitation.
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Man injured in Monmouth machinery accident
Firefighters worked for 25 minutes to free a man whose arm had gotten caught in machinery at Tex Tech in Monmouth.
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Augusta protest targets elected officials, capitalists
Organizers of the We the People rally say they want to highlight topics that Congress has failed to address.
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‘Finding Our Voices’ exhibit at University of Maine at Augusta lifts veil on domestic violence
Patrisha McLean found her voice after leaving an abusive marriage, and she wants to use it to help lift the shame and stigma that’s attached to victims of domestic violence and abuse.
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Family, friends mourn driver in fatal Windsor crash
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.