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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PublishedJanuary 3, 2016
New bottled water company has been percolating for years
The housing downturn helped push an old idea into the forefront for a Farmingdale couple.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2015
Landmark retailer leaving Augusta’s downtown
Stacy’s Hallmark owners will relocate to Florida after closing the store at year’s end.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2015
Vandals steal, damage West Gardiner welcome signs
The town is asking for donations to help pay for replacement signs.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2015
Salvager discovers old Maine barn had a secret
A Mount Vernon company dismantling a rundown farm structure in Vienna is surprised to find a major relic of the town’s lost past.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2015
Honoring veterans also wins praise for UMA
The university’s warm welcome is appreciated by students linked to the military, and is recognized in Military Times and other publications.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2015
Otto Pizza co-founders tell Augusta convention how they defied conventional wisdom
Anthony Allen and Mike Keon deliver the keynote address Tuesday at the Mainebiz Momentum Convention.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2015
New citizens give Maine schoolkids insights
Having a naturalization ceremony at their school helps students learn about the lives of immigrants.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2015
RiverBooks in Hallowell to close this week
Owner Edda Briggs Thiele reflects on books, paying on the honor system and her belief that ‘change is God’s way of moving us along.’
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PublishedOctober 16, 2015
Friends mourn loss of Farmingdale man
Dan Alexander died and his wife was injured when he suffered a medical problem and crashed his truck in New Hampshire.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2015
Kennebec County’s phone system hacked over weekend
No loss of data was reported, but long-distance phone service was shut off over the weekend, the county administrator said.
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