Other highlights include Stephen King Day events in Hallowell, a Farmington play by Samuel Beckett, the Eli Lev concert in Madison, a Ron Currie Jr. author talk in Waterville and more.
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Fire damages Waterville apartment building, displacing at least 9 tenants
A fire Tuesday damaged a 2 1/2-story apartment building at the corner of Summer and Sherwin streets in Waterville’s South End.
Waterville $34.2 million school budget wins initial approval
The Waterville Board of Education must take a second, final vote after the City Council takes its second vote on the proposed municipal and school budgets sometime this summer.
Waterville teacher who threatened Trump supporters says she is ‘deeply ashamed’
JoAnna St. Germain said she was suffering from extreme insomnia and other mental health issues when she made posts on social media calling for the military and U.S. Secret Service to ‘take out’ Trump supporters.
Celebrating mothers, and all they do
Losing a mother is tough, but as the years pass, the memories of her become more poignant, and her presence, more closely felt, Amy Calder writes.
El Tequila to open with Mexican fare in Waterville
The restaurant will be open seven days a week and offers a full menu touting authentic Mexican food and drink in a classy atmosphere.
Augusta officials ponder the burden of unpaid ambulance bills
Augusta, which is facing $1.8 million in unpaid ambulance bills, is considering for the first time sending bills to a collection agency.
Rep. Jared Golden says ‘dark money’ group is partly why he won’t hold town halls
Indivisible, a progressive 501(c)(4) organization based in Washington, D.C., has more than a dozen local chapters in Maine.
Waterville council debates staffing third ambulance
Waterville fire Chief Jason Frost told councilors he is fearful of what will happen if the city doesn’t hire more people to run another ambulance, in light of an imminent hospital closure, more calls for service and having to take some patients to hospitals farther away than usual.
PoPo’s Food Truck Park debuts in Waterville
Despite a driving rain, business was go-go at PoPo’s Food Truck Park on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville on Tuesday, its fourth day in business.