The local change from Columbus Day would take place next year.
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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Private burn permit website faces opposition
Despite legislation letting such systems operate, the state continues to resist sites like Warden’s Report.
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Richmond firefighters will get EMS training
Th town’s contract with Gardiner Ambulance will not be affected.
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Portland, Falmouth officials deliver bleak report on opioid crisis: ‘It’s getting worse’
A number of officials attending a Maine Municipal Association convention have stories of their own about friends and family members who have become addicted to heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil.
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Augusta pair, vacationing in Las Vegas, take shelter as pandemonium breaks out
Tressa Loiko and Matt Swan spent the night sheltering in a hotel in the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly shooting spree
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Augusta sets heat records 2 days in a row
The warm temperatures moving in from the south and west are expected to continue into the week.
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‘Hackles are up’ on issue of Sheepscot Pond restoration plan
About 100 Palermo residents turn out for a hearing with backers of a proposal to allow alewife and eel migration into the pond.
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Race teams raise $7,000 to help Farmingdale woman see again
A central Maine version of ‘The Amazing Race’ was organized by the Manchester Lions Club.
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Big fans of tiny homes turn out for public hearing in Augusta
At Monday’s public hearing, enthusiasm was tempered by those who question how the structures, mostly built on trailers, can be considered permanent dwellings.
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Higher flood insurance costs seen as threat to investing
Maine developers and property owners are among those paying more to fix the national program’s deficit.