Laura Benedict says in a passionate video that taxpayers’ money was wasted pursuing a noise complaint against one of her fundraisers, but the concert the city cited wasn’t a fundraiser.
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 inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Roland Cummings’ conviction upheld in 2014 Waterville murder
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed the conviction in the stabbing death of Aurele Fecteau, 92.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Marks on lawmaker’s car weren’t vandalism after all; they just rubbed off
Gov. LePage had accused some state workers of keying the cars of Republican lawmakers who held out for a budget bill without tax increases.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Online burn permits in Maine now OK, thanks to new law
A bill that would allow fire chiefs and wardens to use private online sites to issue burn permits became law Tuesday without the signature of Gov. Paul LePage.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Old Fort Western follows George Washington directive for Fourth
Cannons are fired, one flag is lowered and another raised – and the Declaration of Independence is read aloud.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Employees march to State House, demand end to shutdown
The union chief says she was ignored when she tries to deliver a class-action grievance to the governor’s office.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Protesters greet budget negotiators as state shutdown enters third day
Budget negotiators struck a series of late-night deals Sunday that could allow the House and Senate to vote on another spending plan today.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
A Gardiner graveyard gets some overdue care
Ancestors won’t be forgotten despite sparse record-keeping at a private burial ground.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News, Politics
Emergency bill closing medical marijuana loophole signed into law
Cities and towns can now prohibit caregivers from growing pot any closer than 500 feet from a school property line.
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics
Possible state shutdown has businesses wary of a ripple effect
From a copy center that prints state forms to a restaurant the feeds state workers, owners are fearful.