Now that the pandemic has forced colleges to adapt, some are seeing an increased number of graduates and shifting student demographics.
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Earth moves and trees fall as street work begins in downtown Waterville
Workers from Crooker Construction Inc. of Topsham took down trees on a traffic island near Front Street on Monday morning and planned to remove curbing and put gravel on the site.
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Waterville council approves tax district, supports packaging resolution
The City Council on Tuesday also voted to establish a city manager evaluation committee to include Council Chairman Erik Thomas, D-Ward 7, and councilors Rebecca Green, D-Ward 4, and Thomas Klepach, D-Ward 3.
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Colby College students describe ‘unique’ experience living at Lockwood Hotel
About 100 students are calling the downtown hotel home for the 2020-21 school year as the building is being finished at 9 Main St.
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Waterville announces schedule for $11.2 million downtown project
Work on the revitalization project to change traffic to two-way on Main and Front streets and improve intersections and sidewalks will kick off March 15.
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Waterville-area colleges report successful starts to spring semester, mitigating COVID-19
Colby College, Thomas College and the University of Maine at Farmington were successful in the implementation of their return to campus plans.
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Colby College receives $3.35 million to go toward performing arts center
The $80 million Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts is expected to open in the fall of 2023 on the Mayflower Hill campus.
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Colby College announces Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Colby officials believe this is the first and only institute of its kind at a small U.S. liberal arts school.
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Hotel opening, $11.2 million revitalization project among plans for this year in downtown Waterville
The Lockwood Hotel completion by Colby College is just one of many projects expected to occur this year in downtown Waterville, including the completion and opening of the Arts Collaborative across Main Street from the hotel.
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Former Larsen’s building in Waterville gets ‘top-to-bottom’ renovation and will house nutrition store
Businessman Bill Mitchell is renovating 57 Main St. in downtown Waterville, where Elm City Nutrition is slated to open on the first floor this spring and the upper two floors are large, high-end apartments.