The Waterville City Council took a final vote Tuesday to approve TIF district for the building, which is expected to have retail space on the ground floor.
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RSU 4 superintendent resigns, citing lack of state school funding
James Hodgkin said after doing eight budgets, ‘I’ve decided I’ve had enough.’
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Unity college students aid effort to restore American chestnut trees in central Maine
The multi-year replanting and study effort is a response to devastating effects of a blight more than 100 years ago on the trees.
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Waterville Board of Education to host special budget meeting Wednesday
Waterville Board of Education members will discuss the school budget and have a first look at proposed spending plans for several school departments for the 2017-18 school year.
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Cursive writing loops back into style in U.S. schools
New York City’s public school system, the nation’s largest, now encourages teaching cursive.
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Belgrade parent group raising money for new, more accessible playground
The Belgrade Central School Parent Teacher Organization is raising money to install a new playground that will be a modern upgrade from the current structures, some of which date back more than 40 years.
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Maine College of Art hires new president
Laura Freid most recently worked with Yo-Yo Ma on the Silkroad Project.
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Colby College residential complex in downtown Waterville set for final votes
A planned $25 million residential complex for Colby College on the northeast tip of The Concourse downtown is under consideration for local approvals in the coming week, clearing the way for construction to start.
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Skowhegan firefighters honored for saving Waterville responder during apartment blaze
Firefighter Dan Brown was trapped under debris from a collapsed ceiling in the Feb. 1 fire on Summer Street in Waterville when Skowhegan’s Rapid Intervention Team came to his rescue.
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LePage’s school funding plan faces dozens of critics at State House hearing
Opponents of the governor’s two-year budget fill a legislative hearing and say 65 percent of school systems would lose funding.