Jessica Lowell

Maine

Reporter, Maine Today Media at Kennebec Journal

Journalist, communicator, thinker, writer

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Hartland man sentenced for sexual abuse of a minor in Canaan

3 days ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

SKOWHEGAN — A Hartland man was sentenced to serve at least three years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl in Canaan on several occasions. Christopher Todd, 36, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three Class C counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Per a plea agreement, Todd was sentenced to five years in prison, with all but three years suspended, to be followed by four years of probation.
Waterville delays decision on staffing third ambulance

4 days ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

WATERVILLE — After weeks of debate, city officials have decided once again to delay making a decision about whether to hire emergency medical personnel to staff a third ambulance. City councilors are split on the matter, and it doesn’t appear either side will be persuaded to change their minds.
Gardiner council to consider options to shave $100,000 from propsed $8.4 million budget

4 days ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

GARDINER — Councilors will consider proposals to cut the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget by about $100,000 Wednesday evening in a move aimed at minimizing financial uncertainty. When city staff proposed a draft $8.4 million budget earlier this spring that would have increased municipal spending by about $420,000 and added a new administrative specialist position, Mayor Patricia Hart said councilors were wary of adding the cost of a new employee to this year’s budget.
Skowhegan chooses new interim town manager, replacing DiBl

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

SKOWHEGAN — About three weeks after Town Manager Dawn DiBlasi’s departure, a new interim town manager has taken her place. Nicholas Nadeau toured the town’s departments Wednesday and officially begins his work next week, Skowhegan select board chair Paul York said. “He’s excited, looking forward to getting started, getting going,” York said. “He liked what he saw.
Waterville film fest to honor British actor Clive Owen

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

WATERVILLE — British actor Clive Owen will receive the 2025 Mid-Life Achievement Award this summer at the 28th annual Maine International Film Festival, the Maine Film Center announced. Owen, 60, is an Academy Award-nominated performer who has appeared in many art house and mainstream films including “Closer,” “Children of Men,” “Croupier,” “Duplicity” and “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” all of which will be shown at the festival that kicks off its 10-day run July 11.
Augusta man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to 27 years

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

AUGUSTA — An Augusta man was sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering another Augusta man. Andrew Redmond, 36, previously pleaded not guilty to murdering another Augusta man in 2023 after a plan to scare him went wrong. On Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center he changed his plea to guilty to murder. In a plea agreement, he was sentenced to 27 years in prison.
One lane to reopen in mid-June as Waterville-Winslow bridge work continues

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

WATERVILLE — The first phase of a $60 million project to replace the Ticonic Bridge over the Kennebec River is nearly complete, with the eastbound lane scheduled to reopen in mid-June. The bridge spans the river on U.S. Route 201 between Waterville and Winslow, where Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield has been working for more than two years. Tom Senior, Cianbro’s project manager on the bridge effort, said the team has finished building the approaches and has paved the bridge, marking a major milestone.
Hallowell to hire Phippsburg administrator as new city manager

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

HALLOWELL — Phippsburg’s town administrator, Ross McLellan, is expected to be hired Tuesday as Hallowell’s next city manager. City Council members plan to approve a new three-year contract for McLellan during a special meeting Tuesday evening. He will assume his new position June 23 and will be paid a $115,000 salary.
Skowhegan-area voters approve $51.44 million school budget

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

SKOWHEGAN — A few dozen voters from Skowhegan-area towns quickly gave a $51.44 million school budget its first approval Wednesday. About 50 voters, including 15 of the 23 members of the Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors, approved the school district’s 2025-26 budget in 18 minutes with no discussion or questions during the annual budget meeting.
A father and son, scarred by war

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Jessica Lowell

Memorial Day is a holiday to honor those who died while serving the country. While my grandfather, Ross Pember Calder, didn’t die while serving, I consider him a casualty of war. Because of that, I never got to meet him as he died 13 years before I was born. He lived in Durham and served in World War I, where he was mustard-gassed and contracted tuberculosis as a result. My father was serving in the Southwest Pacific in the U.S. Navy in World War II when he got word his father had died.