Jessica Lowell
Reporter, Maine Today Media at Kennebec Journal
Journalist, communicator, thinker, writer
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6 days ago |
centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell
BELGRADE — Cindy Mooers carefully pulled back the wool from the sheep’s belly with one hand and drew the electric shears across it, tossing a cloud of fleece aside as she went along. Instructor Abigial Smith taught Mooers how to hold the head of the fawn-colored ram lamb, described as such because it is a male and under a year old, between Mooers’ upper legs to secure it for shearing. “Sit him up,” Smith said.
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1 week ago |
centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell
WATERVILLE — Residents who urged councilors to forego staffing a third ambulance because their taxes are already too high got sort of a reprieve this week when the City Council decided to increase the tax rate by only 14 cents per $1,000 worth of property valuation. That means the tax rate is now $20.14 per $1,000 of assessed valuation instead of the $20 rate established in 2024.
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2 weeks ago |
centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell
WATERVILLE — Bobby Dombroski and his wife, Larkin Silverman, grew to love central Maine after moving here from Philadelphia in 2021, but they missed a popular frozen dessert served in their native city — Philly-style water ice, also known as Italian ice.
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2 weeks ago |
centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell
From Embden and Skowhegan to Augusta and Gardiner, central Maine voters went to the polls Tuesday to approve school budgets, elect their local officials and decide on local ballot questions. Many of the area’s elections were contentious in the run-up to Tuesday’s vote, but turnout, in the off-year June election, appeared initially to be low.
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2 weeks ago |
centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell
AUGUSTA — A Clinton man who allegedly regularly sexually assaulted a girl when she was as young as 15 years old was indicted on several counts of gross sexual assault. Kevin L. Allstrom, 40, allegedly starting sexually assaulting the girl , in June of 2021. An affidavit alleges he continued to sexually assault the girl on a regular basis until June of 2024.
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