People and relationships matter more than material things, a truth we appreciate more as the years pass, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville center to host Cornhole Cornucopia benefit Oct. 14
WATERVILLE — Alfond Youth & Community Center plans to host a fundraiser for The Unified Champions Club at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at Purnell-Wrigley Field, 47 Matthews Ave. The rain location is the center’s gymnasiums at 126 North St. Unified Champions Club serves adults with disabilities by providing them with sporting and recreational activities, […]
Conversation with author Machado at Colby College to kick off first Maine Lit Fest
Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated “In the Dream House,” spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries.
Two Waterville holiday traditions return this year for in-person celebrations
The popular Parade of Lights and Kringleville have long attracted crowds downtown and a change this year is that the parade will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving and begin at Winslow High School before crossing the Ticonic Bridge into Waterville.
Waterville student named National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
Karin K. Zimba, a senior at Waterville Senior High School, has been named a semifinalist in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program, according to a news release from Dr. Brian M. Laramee, principal, and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Zimba is the daughter of Travis and Yasameen Zimba of Waterville. Throughout the nation about 16,000 […]
Waterville Planning Board debates rules intended to reduce number of vacant buildings in city
The board discussed Tuesday night whether a proposed ordinance would spur redevelopment of vacant buildings or penalize people trying to develop vacant structures by lodging fines against them while a property remains uninhabited.
As strain on public school educators continues, Thomas College looks to provide a fix
The college has altered requirements that will allow students pursuing an education degree to work as substitute teachers and ed techs in public schools struggling to fill those positions.
Waterville class of ’67 to hold reunion Oct. 28
Waterville class of 1967 plans to celebrate its 55th class reunion from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Waterville Senior High School cafeteria, 1 Brooklyn Ave. This will be a meet-and-greet for classmates to reminisce and reacquaint. There will be tours of the school’s facility. Classmates are asked to inform other classmates of […]
Waterville mayor complains to school board about student safety
Mayor Jay Coelho told the Waterville Board of Education on Monday night that his daughter, a freshman at Waterville Senior High School, was suspended from school a half day after defending herself when attacked by another student in a school bathroom.
Waterville man faces charges after firing gun in downtown vehicle, police say
Nathaniel Rector, 27, was arrested early Sunday and charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a Class C offense, and violating conditions of release, a Class E offense, according to police, who said Rector had been arrested earlier Sunday by state police.