The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. is expected to open in early December, with art galleries, cinema and teaching space and a cafe.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement
The college’s commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
Health network announces April workshop schedule
Adult Mainers can register for Healthy Living for ME’s free and low-cost workshops. Four workshops are scheduled to launch in April: HealthMatters, Better Health Now with Pain, the National Diabetes Prevention Program, and Better Health Now with Diabetes, according to a news release from the network. “Every step someone makes towards improving their health and […]
Downtown Waterville sidewalk construction set to start
Crooker Construction Inc. of Topsham is expected on Thursday to begin preparing Front Street for new concrete sidewalks from the Lockwood Hotel south to Bridge Street.
Arts commission announces poetry competition winners
The Maine Poetry Out Loud competition hosted its second year of virtual recitations organized by the Maine Arts Commission. Ten students rose through the ranks of school-wide and regional contests to compete in the Maine State Final in early March, according to a news release from the commission. Sofya Lantratova, a senior from George Stevens […]
Grand jury indicts Waterville man accused of shooting pedestrian in face with BB gun
Cody A. Dutton, 21, was indicted Thursday by Kennebec County grand jury on several charges, including reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
Waterville, Winslow church ministries to open cafe
Starfish Village, a ministry of Waterville Congregational Church, and Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry, a ministry of Winslow Congregational Church, announce the opening of Stone Soup Café. The cafe is scheduled to serve dine-in free lunches from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday beginning Monday, April 4, at Winslow Congregational Church, 12 […]
25th Maine International Film Festival scheduled for July in Waterville, Skowhegan
The festival, known as MIFF and scheduled to run from July 8 to 17, typically attracts thousands of film enthusiasts to central Maine.
Waterville man planned ISIS-inspired attack on Chicago mosque, FBI says
A recently unsealed declaration by an FBI special agent details an apparent ISIS-inspired plot involving a Waterville man and two other teens to murder all the adults in a Chicago mosque during “spring break.”
Amy Calder: Young Waterville-area swimmers head to nationals
The Waterville Area YMCA’s Mid-Maine Dolphins team will go to Florida next month to compete against others from across the country, Amy Calder writes.