The lawsuit questions why districts can pay tuition to outside public and private schools, but are barred from paying public funding to religious schools.
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Fire that damaged Waterville house caused by electrical problem, official says
A fire early Saturday morning that damaged a house on Mae Terrace and displaced a family of five was electrical in nature and started inside a wall on the second floor, officials said.
Thomas College dean’s list
Thomas College in Waterville has announced the following students were named to its 2019 spring dean’s list. President’s List (3.80-4.0 grade point average): Kerri L. Abbott, Victoria Rose Adams, Jose Antonio Afonso Luis, Ryan Chase Ambrozy, Evan Arsenault, Kerriarna Mae Asselin, Alisha Baral, Arynne K. Barns, Amber Dawn Beaulieu, Faith Marie Beaulieu, Keileigh Alicea Belanger, […]
Amy Calder: Grateful for the farmer
Central Maine farmers work hard and have little or no time off, but they live in paradise.
Waterville yoga studio expands programming going into 10th year
School Street Yoga offered a free day of classes Sunday to celebrate the occasion.
Maine’s styrofoam ban met with mixed response from Waterville-area businesses
The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
Waterville early learning program opens new classroom with $4 million grant
A grant awarded to Educare Central Maine in March will go toward the classroom as well as to seven other childcare providers in the Augusta, Waterville and Skowhegan areas.
Family showers at Boys & Girls Club, forgoes electric lighting
To cut costs, the Waterville residents even decide to flush their toilets less frequently.
CMP misled the public, mismanaged rollout of new billing system
A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram investigation reveals that layers of Central Maine Power management misjudged the enormity of changing over to a new billing system, leaving thousands of angry and frustrated customers.
J.P. Devine: Life is a drag
The recent confrontation in downtown Waterville over a drag queen story hour for children drew metaphorical spears and rattles, the latest in a fabulous tradition of performances, J.P. Devine writes.