Waterville’s Beth Israel Congregation held its Hanukkah celebration Sunday with the lighting of the candles, singing of traditional songs and feasting on foods fried in oil such as latkes. The eight-day festival of lights began at sunset Sunday, Dec. 22, and ends at sunset Monday. The festival commemorates the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem […]
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Crooked Face Creamery thrives after expanding into downtown Skowhegan
In the months since she has opened her shop, Amy Rowbottom cherishes the support of her many customers and local officials.
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Home is where the parrots are for Harmony couple
Marg and Fritz Buschmann started Siesta Sanctuary in harmony in 2006 to provide a home for parrots, which can live 80 years or more.
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Hallowell family makes cross-country journey to treat its three children with autism
Three of the Cobb family’s four children are on the autism spectrum, but the former Winthrop couple believe their story is not so much about autism but, instead, about “not giving up.”
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Freezing rain sends vehicles sliding off roads across central Maine
First responders were busy responding to a steady stream of accidents and slide-offs Friday morning.
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Hallowell officials to focus on former fire station’s future as planning moves ahead
A public hearing will likely be held in January to clarify where the city is in the process of deciding the future of the historic Second Street property.
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Teen pulls himself out of the Kennebec after breaking through ice
Aaron Hall, 14, of Waterville, is “found and safe,” officials said. Rescuers were alerted by a person calling from Winslow and directed by Winslow police to the teen and his friend.
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One person displaced following Oak Street fire in Waterville
The cause of the fire is being left undetermined, according to Waterville Fire Chief Shawn Esler.
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Petition circulating to change blue laws in Norridgewock
Kerri Everett, a member of the revitalization group, said that the town voted to keep the Prohibition-era laws decades ago. Only through referendum can the town’s adherence to the law be changed.
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Fire on Oak Street in Waterville reported
A report of smoke in the attic at the residence prompted Waterville firefighters to rush to the address.