Councilors on Tuesday also will consider buying two used ambulances for up to $131,000 to start a city-owned ambulance service.
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Area residents call Waterville mayor out over Columbus proclamation
Mayor Nick Isgro read aloud a proclamation at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, declaring Oct. 14 Columbus Day, which drew criticism from the public, including one woman who asked him to apologize.
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Waterville mayor draws criticism for proclamation of Oct. 14 as Columbus Day
Mayor Nick Isgro’s proclamation honors Christopher Columbus, who has become a reminder of the oppression and pain endured by the native people of the Caribbean islands, despite recent Maine law marking the state holiday as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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Waterville Fire Department gets OK to buy tower truck
Waterville City Councilors approved more than $1 million in fire department purchases, including a fire tower truck, a resurfacing of the fire station floor and repairing masonry at the station.
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Waterville council, despite pushback from mayor, OKs rezoning for marijuana store near highway
Councilors voted 5-1 to approve the zoning change to allow an adult-use marijuana store at 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive with Chiarman Sydney Mayhew the lone dissenter.
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Marijuana store, more than $1 million in Fire Department purchases on Waterville council agenda
In addition to considering a request to rezone part of 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive to allow an adult-use marijuana store there, the City Council on Tuesday will consider awarding contracts to buy a fire ladder truck, resurface the fire station floor and do masonry repair, accept a FEMA Grant for the fire department and appoint a panel to study fire services.
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Waterville council to consider rezoning request for pot store
City councilors on Tuesday will consider whether to follow the recommendation of the Planning Board, which voted 4-3 Monday not to recommend the council rezone part of 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive so an adult-use marijuana store may open there.
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Waterville council appoints new Planning Board member
Samantha Burdick, director of resource development for United Way of Mid-Maine, will fill the unexpired term of Alek Fortier, who has moved out of the city.
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Waterville City Council debates the future of funding recycling center
With Waterville already operating a curbside recycling service, some councilors see recyclers such as I Recycle Inc. as redundant, but businesses see them as necessary.
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Waterville City Council refers rezoning for marijuana store to planning board
Councilor argues that back of the building that will house the pot store being within 500 feet of a house of worship should not pose an issue though the city’s marijuana ordinance states that requirement.