WATERVILLE — The Maine International Film Festival is scheduled to be back for its 26th year Friday, July 7, through Sunday, July 16. Attendees can see a slate of approximately 100 films, including premieres, made-in-Maine features, classic revivals, and short films from around the world, according to a news release from Mary Ellms, communications coordinator, […]
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Waterville City Council approves housing rental registration ordinance
Councilors met Tuesday to OK the ordinance, which officials say is necessary to ensure rental properties are safe for tenants, and also signed off on a $200,000 grant for the demolition of buildings at the intersection of Front and Temple streets downtown.
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Police: Woman charged with driving under influence of drugs following Waterville crash
Rebecca Mceachern-Gorman, 29, faces charges after police said she crashed a car into a utility pole on Main Street.
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Waterville man receives Scouting District Award of Merit
Garth Smith of Waterville, a leader in Scouting programs in Winslow, has received the highest award a local Scouting district can bestow on a volunteer — the District Award of Merit. During the annual Scout Leaders’ Recognition Dinner — held March 11 at Winslow Veterans of Foreign Wars, MacCrillis Rouseau Post No. 8835 — District […]
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Waterville City Council eyes state grant to demolish buildings and make way for downtown housing
Councilors are scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday on funding earmarked for the project planned for the intersection of Temple and Front streets.
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Departure of Waterville manager remains shrouded in mystery after release of city records
The Morning Sentinel requested, through the state Freedom of Access Act, emails between Steve Daly and city officials for two weeks prior to and two weeks following Daly’s resignation on Dec. 23, but much of that information was redacted or blacked out.
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Waterville Project Grad 2023 event set for March 25
WATERVILLE — Members of Waterville Project Grad 2023 club plan to hold a Spring Fling Mom and Dad’s Night Out Dance and Silent Auction. The event is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at O’Brien’s Event Center at 375 Main St. The club is auctioning hundreds of items with a total value of thousands […]
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Winslow parish receives over 1,250 Clotheslines of Comfort items
Parishioners donated more than 1,250 winter hats, scarves, mitten pairs and other clothing items during Corpus Christi Parish’s Clotheslines of Comfort initiative. They brought items to Notre Dame du Perpetual Secours Church in Waterville and St. John the Baptist Church and hall in Winslow, then hung them on clotheslines that had been set up by […]
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Waterville academy raises over $1,300 for local dining place
WATERVILLE — A recent penny collecting competition at Mount Merici Academy raised $1,361 for The Lighthouse, a dining place. The Waterville Area Soup Kitchen operates the 38 College Ave. site, where guests can have a meal and socialize from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Monday through Friday. “Bruce White, one of our state representatives, […]
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Waterville man sentenced to year in prison after sexually explicit images of child found on phone
The explicit image was discovered as a screensaver on Joel E. Williams Jr.’s phone after he left it behind at a store, authorities said.