The Waterville Humane Society plans to host its third annual Trunk or Treat Fundraiser from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at 100 Webb Road in Waterville. This year will include more than 30 community trunks, a selection of Halloween craft vendors, an assortment of local food trucks, field games with prizes, a haunted trail and […]
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Thomas College students plan Halloween event for public
WATERVILLE — Thomas College students plan to host a trunk or treat and haunted hall tour on Friday, Oct. 27, at 180 West River Road. This event is open to the public. Trunk or treating, hosted by the Thomas College Special Olympics Club, is set for 4-7 p.m. The Thomas Residential Life team will host […]
New $95 million Gordon Center officially opens at Colby College in Waterville
The Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts was the largest academic project in the college’s history and is regarded as one of the most advanced performing arts facilities in New England.
Reporting Aside: As many have witnessed, homelessness has become a crisis in Waterville
The Waterville community has been generous and empathetic when it comes to helping a growing number of homeless people living in encampments, but it is becoming increasingly apparent that the city can’t do it alone and should seek state or federal intervention, Amy Calder writes.
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Augusta contractor sentenced on several counts of home repair fraud, theft
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Despite balky crane, workers remove steeple from Waterville museum
The steeple was removed Wednesday from the former First Congregational United Church of Christ at 7 Eustis Parkway, which is now the Children’s Discovery Museum.
Man convicted of distributing drugs from Waterville apartment
Victor Soto Sanchez, 39, faces at least 10 years in prison after drug agents searched his Waterville home and found drugs with a street value of more than $400,000, officials said.
Colby’s Lovejoy convocation to honor jailed Wall Street Journal reporter
The 71st Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism is to be presented Friday to the parents of Evan Gershkovich, a 2014 Bowdoin College graduate who is being held in a Russian jail on claims he was acting as a spy for the United States.
Waterville considers buying yurts to house homeless at riverfront in winter
The City Council heard a plan Tuesday night to buy 10 yurts to provide shelter for homeless people who camp near the RiverWalk at Head of Falls.