The enterprise that started with a hobby may end in national distribution of the maple whiskey blend.
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 inBusiness, Local & State
Gardiner companies get a funding boost from state block grants
Four companies involved in the food industry could help the city become a regional hub in the sector.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine employers face a new challenge: Not enough workers
The state’s labor force participation is dropping, making it more difficult to hire skilled workers.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Gardiner officials approve tax-financing deal for housing
The next step for Developers Collaborative is review of its housing proposals by the Gardiner Planning Board.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Richmond Days will have a Hawaiian look this year
A pig roast and hula lessons, along with fireworks and Swan Island boat tours, will be featured at the annual festival that starts Friday.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Gardiner fire that left family homeless is classified as arson
The State Fire Marshal’s Office continues to investigate the Blueberry Hill Lane blaze, which displaced five people.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Four arrested after shootings in Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot
Police armed with rifles search for a fifth suspect in the wooded area south of the University of Maine entrance on Civic Center Drive.
Posted inLocal & State, News
At Windsor livestock expo, showing goats like herding cats
Shawn Mills of Augusta pits his will against that of his prized Boers.
Posted inLocal & State
Cemetery association honors those long ago buried anonymously in Pittston
Forty-eight unmarked graves are recognized with a marker.
Posted inLocal & State, News
One year later, Augusta woman killed in Nepal remembered by family
Yasmine and Khaled Habash marked the first anniversary of their mother’s death by hiking the path she took on the day an earthquake and avalanche wiped the village of Langtang from the face of the Earth.