Besides the ongoing downtown road construction that’s part of an $11.2 million revitalization project, the state is paving Kennedy Memorial Drive and the city is working on several other streets.
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Waterville Planning Board recommends rezoning to allow school storage building
Board also votes to approve final plan for a solar farm between Eight Rod Road and Punky Lane.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider rezoning school property for storage facility
Board scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Elm at 21 College Ave. to consider several proposals, including a final plan for a solar farm between Eight Rod Road and Punky Lane.
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Waterville council seeks public input for spending $1.7 million in pandemic relief money
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the Rescue Plan Act funds at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Elm at 21 College Ave.
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Upcoming B&M closure sparks nostalgia, hope for future development
News that Portland’s longtime baked beans factory will close this year and be replaced with a technology and science campus elicits a wistful but hopeful response.
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Portland’s B&M Baked Beans factory to be replaced with Roux Institute campus
Plans call for turning the 100-year-old waterfront factory site into an education and technology campus that can help drive Maine’s economy for the next century.
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Waterville City Council to discuss spending $1.67 million in pandemic recovery funds
The council discussion comes as about $502 million is being made available to Maine municipalities and counties through the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Waterville’s search for assistant city manager highlights focus on future
The position, approved by the City Council in the 2021-22 municipal budget, would serve to support the city manager and free him up to focus on economic development and other matters.
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Waterville to consider purchasing body cameras for its police officers
“It’s really an amazing product and it’s long overdue for us — it really is..,” Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey told the City Council.
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Waterville council approves $46.5 million budget, cuts tax rate by 26 cents
With the new Waterville tax rate of $25.50 per $1,000 worth of valuation, someone who owns a home valued at $100,000 will pay $26 less a year.