Falah Waheeb and his family say they have received an outpouring of support from central Maine residents following publicity about a protection order they are seeking against Catherine Weeks, a member of the Waterville Planning Board.
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Waterville council slated to appoint city manager search committee
The City Council on Tuesday also will consider spending up to $200,000 for a new municipal fire-alarm system.
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Central Maine theaters take cautious steps toward fall season
Theaters and event centers are taking different approaches to welcoming people back through their doors as they wait to see when public health restrictions on gatherings due to COVID-19 might loosen.
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Thomas College receives $1.3 million grant to continue student-support program
The TRIO Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provides support and services to first-generation college students and those who meet federal income-eligibility guidelines or have a documented disability.
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Despite the pandemic’s pall over summer, Waterville still rocks
Portland band Rustic Overtones provided the music that kept Waterville rocking in the year of the pandemic.
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Public input sought on $11.294 million downtown Waterville revitalization project
The work will include converting one-way traffic to two-way on Main and Front streets downtown, improving sidewalks and pedestrian walkways, reconfiguring parking and installing traffic signals and new lighting.
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Amy Calder: Restoration of Medal of Honor recipient’s gravestone a job well done
With help from volunteers, Joe Ferrannini helped preserve not only the gravestone of Civil War veteran Frank W. Haskell, who was awarded the Medal of Honor, but also several of his family members’ stones Sunday in Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville.
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Central Maine independent record stores celebrate music in a different way
While Record Store Day in April was canceled, the reimagined RSD Drops 2020 is bringing customers back to independent record stores, even as one longtime owner says goodbye.
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Immigrant family says Waterville Planning Board member told them they’re not welcome in her ‘white’ neighborhood
Catherine Weeks has called city police on her Iraqi-born neighbors, who allege in court documents that she tells them they are not welcome in her white, American neighborhood — charges that Weeks denies.
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More details come to light of circumstances surrounding Waterville standoff
Waterville police chief Joseph Massey said the department was waiting for the medical examiner’s office to determine the cause of death of a 23-year-old involved in a standoff on Highwood Street.