Jessica Lowell

Maine

Reporter, Maine Today Media at Kennebec Journal

Journalist, communicator, thinker, writer

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Proposed $92.6 million city, school budget would raise taxes by 9.8%

3 days ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

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Hallowell library to miss out on $26,000 after tax district confusion

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

HALLOWELL — The Hubbard Free Library could come up thousands of dollars short on its budget this year after the library’s addition to the downtown tax sheltering district was put on hold. The library was allocated a total of $80,250 in the city’s current budget, with $26,000 of that total coming from the city’s Tax Increment Financing fund — a program that leverages tax revenue from a defined district to fund specific projects within that district.
Winslow residents divided on town manager pick

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

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Fairfield drug bust leads to 6 arrests

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

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Skowhegan-area school board tables Title IX talks, focuses on budget

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

SKOWHEGAN —Maine School Administrative District 54’s top administrator assured the district’s board of directors that the Skowhegan-area district complies with both state and federal anti-discrimination laws, while urging the board not to conflate the contentious political discourse on the issue with local budget decisions. Conversations locally have been focusing on the public clash between Gov.
$45 million Oakland-area school budget adopted despite pushback

3 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

OAKLAND — The Regional School Unit 18 School Board voted to adopt budget of $45.5 million for the next fiscal year, but board members were divided over the use of contingency funds at the tense Wednesday night meeting. Disagreement took place over the funding identified to pay for Superintendent Carl Gartley’s salary for his one-year interim assistant superintendent position starting July 1.
Somerset County officials reconsider selling guns used in crimes

3 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

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Commissioners get early view of housing expansion in Waterville

3 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

WATERVILLE — When the Kennebec County commissioners allocated nearly $24 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, they opted to include affordable housing across the county. Manor Gardens is among more than four dozen projects that commissioners, who have toured the projects they have supported, allocated funding to. Commissioners received more than $47 million in funding requests for the $23.7 million that was allocated to Kennebec County.
Cornville man sentenced for accessing child sexual abuse material

3 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

BANGOR — A Cornville man was sentenced to serve 30 months in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty in October to a charge of accessing child sexual abuse material.
Construction to begin on Newport roundabout

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

NEWPORT — In April, work will begin on a $7 million project to replace the intersection of Routes 2 and 7 with a roundabout to improve safety and mobility in the area where many crashes have happened. Ahead of the April 14 start date, an in-person public information meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, where area residents will be able to get information about the project, its intended outcome and what the changes the project will bring about mean for them.