Painted and costumed Polar Plunge participants leap into Messalonskee Lake on Saturday as a fundraiser for the Alfond Youth and Community Center during its 30th annual Polar Plunge at the Pressey House in Oakland. Photos by Morning Sentinel photojournalist Michael G. Seamans.
Alfond Youth & Community Center
Annual Festival of Trees to open later this month in Waterville
The Alfond Youth & Community Center is set to host the festival, which is to run over two long weekends and benefit nonprofits that provide aid to those contending with food insecurity and agencies developing workforce readiness programs.
UScellular donates wireless hotspots, service to Waterville youth and community center
To help provide equitable learning access and opportunities and keep local youth connected, UScellular has donated 25 wireless hotspots and two years of service to Alfond Youth & Community Center in Waterville as part of its After School Access Project. Currently, more than 40 million people in the United States lack reliable access to high-speed […]
Ware-Butler Building Supply donates $100,000 toward construction of Waterville ice arena
The donation, announced Monday, brings to $3 million the amount raised for the enclosed ice rink and recreational arena planned for near the Alfond Youth & Community Center on North Street.
Alfond Youth & Community Center serves 1,500 Thanksgiving dinners at drive-thru event
In lieu of an in-person sit-down meal, volunteers at the Alfond Youth & Community Center prepared 1,500 individual Thanksgiving dinners that were handed out Saturday afternoon.
After some uncertainty, a colorful Festival of Trees returns to Waterville
The festival will run this weekend and next weekend, and visitors can enter drawings to win one of the 52 colorfully decorated trees, and accompanying merchandise, that are on display.
Waterville teens offered fun and games, along with chance to find work
Waterville Senior High School students play lawn games during lunch hour as part of program that’s meant to keep them busy after school while making them aware of internship and job offerings.