The on-ramp from upper Main Street to Interstate 95 northbound is scheduled to be closed from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. so a crew can remove a lighting pole.
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Photos: Santa and Mrs. Claus set to deliver in Fairfield
The dolls and their clothing were made by Pauline Bickford, 77, who was involved with the family business, Bickford’s Greenhouses, for 34 years.
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KV Connect exceeds Giving Tuesday goal to benefit Educare Central Maine
WATERVILLE — Earlier this fall, KV Connect decided to postpone holding its traditional Waterville Green Drinks gatherings on the second Tuesday of each month because of COVID-19 restrictions. These events provided ways to raise money for local nonprofits while offering networking opportunities with other young professionals in the area. With needs in the community continuing […]
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Benton girl, 16, completes big game ‘grand slam’ in 6 months
Most hunters only dream of tagging a turkey, bear, deer and moose within one year. Cassidy Rood of Benton made that dream a reality.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Waterville receives $8,000 donation
Gift to be used to purchase computers, tablets and headphones.
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Jackman’s Community Health Advisory Team seeks help for paramedic program
JACKMAN — Sustaining 24/7 care at the Jackman Community Health Center continues to be the Community Health Advisory Team’s main priority and the Annual Fund Drive to help pay for the cost of the paramedic program needs help. The community paramedicine program is a new model that is truly community-based and not hospital-based, and thus […]
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J.P. Devine: The lady in white
This Christmas, as thousands of nurses and doctors in blue scrubs hold the hands of the millions of the dying, J.P. Devine is thinking of his mother in her starched white dress and cap, bringing a cupcake home.
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Waterville youth center hands out 1,000 holiday meal bags
The pandemic is driving food insecurity in central Maine, according to officials at Alfond Youth and Community Center. “There is definitely a need for this, I mean, we saw that during Thanksgiving,” said Sawyer Boulette, wellness director.
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Fairfield woman recalls past chemical contamination as state continues ‘forever chemical’ testing of wells
“I have a lot of information but what good is it if nobody wants to listen?” Stana McLeod said about the ongoing investigation into farmland and wells contaminated with “forever chemicals.”
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Waterville Rotary Club announces Dine Around Town Raffle winners, more
The first Rotary Club of Waterville Dine Around Town Raffle was held recently. The goal of the program was to support local restaurants in these challenging times and ultimately, to provide funds to purchase books for the Kennebec Valley Community Action Community Days program, generally held in June. By any measure, both of those goals […]