The deadline for entries for the Strand Youth Film Fest in Rockland is approaching; submissions must be received by midnight Saturday, Oct. 31. The event is for young people living in Midcoast Maine and surrounding areas to create and submit their own short films. All filmmakers must be in grades 5-12 in the 2020-21 school […]
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World Fish Migration Day celebration set for Oct. 24 in Gardiner
View the exhibition of children’s “Wishes for Fishes” artwork at Waterfront Park.
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Transforming timberland to ‘equity worth buying’ Zoom talk set
The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, on how the valuation of timberland has changed over the past several decades, according to a news release from UMaine News in Orono. In the talk, “Waste Land to […]
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Online Grief through the Holidays support group to begin Nov. 10
Nine-week class offered by Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area.
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Waterville business owner says late-night crowd urinates, defecates in street
Business owner John Fortier pleaded with the Waterville City Council to do its “due diligence” and address the problems, which include drug dealing and people jumping on his business roof.
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River Roads Artisan Gallery collaborates with Somerset Woods to promote arts, outdoors
The collaboration serves to support local artisans belonging to the co-op and promote the nearby trail system as Somerset Woods will host a walk to the Gorge Overlook in November.
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Waterville Senior High students march to raise importance of voter registration
“Because we’re not 18 yet, we wanted to be able to do something to advocate for voting in our community,” said Inga Zimba, a Waterville High School student who helped organize an event on Tuesday to promote voter registration.
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Maine Music Society announces online auction Nov. 7-18
The Maine Music Society’s third online auction will begin at noon Saturday, Nov. 7, and will close at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The auction will include fishing flies tied by a local expert fly fisherman to homemade breads to a new bike, vacation getaways, musical instruments, gift certificates from a variety of local businesses, […]
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Waterville mayoral candidates debate school budget, downtown revitalization
Democrat Jay Coelho and Independent Phil Bofia talked mayoral topics in a debate hosted by the Morning Sentinel.
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COVID-19 cases linked to Sidney, Thorndike elementary schools
Regional School Unit 3 Superintendent Charles Brown and RSU 18 Superintendent Carl Gartley sent their communities a letter Monday notifying them of the cases.