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.
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 inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State, 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.
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Posted inLocal & State, 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 inLocal & State
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, Local & State
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, Local & State
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Two dogs die in blaze that destroys Gardiner mobile home
Firefighters from 6 communities knocked down the fire in a mobile home park.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, Schools and Education
Kristallnacht’s 80th anniversary observed in Augusta
Two Holocaust survivors described their memories of the violent night when Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany were attacked, burned and ransacked.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Wayne man pleads guilty to manslaughter, drunken driving
Tyler Goucher was driving when one man was killed and other seriously injured in a May 2017 crash
Posted inLocal & State, News
Second drilling of well to replace tainted one brings water to Pittston couple
The next step is testing to make sure the water is free from the road-maintenance salt that contaminated the family’s original well.