WATERVILLE — Lights Shine Bright is underway at Mount Merici Academy. Individuals, families and organizations are encouraged to purchase a light that will be displayed on a large Christmas tree in front of the academy gym through December. Each light will represent a light purchased in honor or memory of a loved one, a teacher, […]
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Waterville City Council to consider pilot parking plan for library
Councilors to decide whether to move forward with proposal to change part of Appleton Street from two-way to one-way traffic to create more street parking for library patrons.
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Search continues for 2 men following I-95 traffic stop in Clinton
A passenger fled from a vehicle that was stopped by a state trooper Wednesday, and then a second person later helped that man elude authorities, Maine State Police said.
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Banners in Fairfield, elsewhere showcase military veterans in region
A program — Hometown Heroes — has been operating in central Maine for a number of years, and a Fairfield-based group has expanded it to include banners that spotlight more military veterans.
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Rangeley church to host Seniors’ Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 20
RANGELEY — For the 40th year, the Vestry of the Church of the Good Shepherd is scheduled to host its annual Seniors’ Thanksgiving Dinner. It will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in the undercroft of the 2614 Main St. church. The dinner will include home-cooked turkey with all the trimmings […]
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Fire destroys Hartland garage, 6 cords of wood put up for winter
The fire on Loon Cover Road in Hartland drew about 25 firefighters from three towns around 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Christmas tree business owner wins $5,000 in entrepreneur contest
Matt Quinn, 43, of Cornville competed Saturday against a handful of other entrepreneurs at the Skowhegan Center for Entrepreneurship, in a bid to win money to start a new business or expand an existing one.
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Waterville museum to begin indoor performance series for children Nov. 19
WATERVILLE — The Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine, 7 Eustis Parkwaye, plans a new indoors performance series, The Stage at CDM, to help families fill the long winter months with magic and music. As the museum team continues to work on fabrication of the professionally designed new exhibits for the Exhibits Hall, they are […]
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Appreciative crowd assembles for Veterans Day parade in Waterville
Ernest Paradis with the Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post 5 was the featured speaker at Friday’s Veterans Day parade in Waterville, and he said words cannot express the proper gratitude to veterans: “But there is virtue in trying.”
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Pittsfield Town Council gives early approval to increasing library hours, budget
The council had been considering cutting funding to the Pittsfield Public Library but many in the community had criticized the move so councilors this week gave tentative consent to boosting funding.