WATERVILLE — Inspectors at the local U.S. post office suspecting a package contained illegal drugs were right.
They found seven pounds of marijuana Wednesday inside a package mailed to Rajesh R. Ramharak, 31, of 84 Front St., police Chief Joseph Massey said Thursday.

Theft, harassment, burglary

WATERVILLE — Ways to increase city revenues was a recurring theme in Tuesday night’s budget discussion. City Councilors reviewed figures for the assessing, city clerk, finance, information technology and administrative departments in the proposed $16.9 municipal budget. That budget and the proposed $19.8 million school budget represent a total proposed $36.8 million for 2012-13, which […]

WATERVILLE — Sparks from a wood pellet stove exhaust pipe caused a fire Monday that damaged a 200-year-old house at 44 Church St., fire Chief David Coughlin said Tuesday.

WATERVILLE — Sparks from a wood pellet stove exhaust pipe caused a fire Monday that damaged a 200-year-old house at 44 Church St., fire Chief David Coughlin said Tuesday.

WATERVILLE — The poet Robert Frost likened the month of April to a time when you think you’re headed into summer and in the next breath, you find yourself back in winter.

WATERVILLE — The City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday to review proposed budgets for the assessing, city clerk, finance, information technology and administrative departments. Councilors also will review the city’s debt service.

Robbery, theft, forgery

WATERVILLE — Property owners will face a tax increase if a proposed $36.8 million municipal and school budget for the upcoming fiscal year is approved.