The Lighthouse Waterville Area Soup Kitchen on Monday opened an afternoon warming center and has launched a new fundraising campaign, the $100 Club, seeking 1,800 people to donate $100 each to fund the kitchen for a year.
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Pittsfield Town Council reappoints Cianchette as mayor, names Hall deputy mayor
The positions are voluntary, unpaid and serve in largely ceremonial capacities.
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Update: Waterville police continue to investigate report of armed robbery Wednesday night
Waterville Police say they are “actively following up on all leads” into an armed robbery at the Big Apple store on Elm Street Wednesday night and that more info is expected to be released Friday.
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Sheriff: Three arrested, hundreds of plants seized in latest marijuana growing bust at a central Maine residence
Officials said they arrested Huansheng Mai, 75; Yuling Mei, 63; and Yiming Hu, 68. Each was charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana and unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs with more than 500 plants.
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Waterville becomes first Maine city to endorse plan to study passenger rail expansion bill
The City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday night to approve a resolution that seeks, ultimately, to extend passenger rail service to Lewiston-Auburn, Waterville and Bangor.
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Drivers say sun glare caused Norridgewock crash that injured children, adults
The Wednesday morning wreck occurred on U.S. Route 201A, resulting in two children and two adults being sent to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, officials said.
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Waterville council rejects sending church zoning request to Planning Board
Councilors said the church presented a proposal that does not reflect the compromise the city and church officials had discussed at a meeting Jan. 8 and thus they would not vote to refer the matter to the Planning Board.
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Winslow names top police officer, firefighter of the year
Tuesday afternoon’s awards ceremony was held just before a joint training between Winslow’s Police and Fire departments, which officials say is part of a push to unify the respective departments.
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Winslow officials cut paramedic roles amid budget overruns, fears of ‘bare bones’ coverage
Winslow Public Safety Director Leonard Macdaid said many of Winslow’s firefighters have expressed a willingness to become trained paramedics, which could alleviate expense pressure with relying on per-diem paramedics.
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Gov. Mills formally requests federal disaster declaration for Maine’s December storm damage
Ten counties in central and western Maine sustained more than $20 million in public infrastructure damage when a powerful storm on Dec. 18 brought historic flooding and widespread power outages to the state.