Maggie White and Noa Gutow-Ellis said before a packed council meeting that they felt alienated and disenfranchised by Mayor Nick Isgro’s questioning of their voting rights and asked him to treat them the same as other city residents.
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Waterville Senior High School names top 10 seniors for 2019
Waterville Senior High School has announced its top 10 seniors for the class of 2019. Students are listed by honors. Kai Rabideau is graduating first in the WSHS class of 2019 with an unweighted grade point average of 98.89. He is a member of the Math Team, Green Team, Pep Band, Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, […]
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VFW gears up for Memorial Day parade in Waterville
Daniel Parker, commander of Forest J. Pare Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1285, will march in the Memorial Day parade May 27 and speak afterward at Veterans Memorial Park.
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Waterville children’s bookstore gets backlash for drag queen event
Drag Queen Story Hour at the Children’s Book Cellar is intended to educate and share the culture of LGBTQ people in the community, but some question its motives and appropriateness.
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Amy Calder: A sweet reunion
Waterville resident Tom Savinelli recalls being reunited with a woman whose life he and three other firefighters helped save 34 years ago in Connecticut when she was a toddler and fell into a swimming pool.
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Activists mark Mother’s Day with rally protesting immigration policies
In concert with other rallies being staged in the U.S., activists gathered at Head of Falls in Waterville to protest the separation of children from their parents at the southern border and their detention in holding facilities.
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‘Remembering Those Who Served’ scan-athon set
Waterville Historical Society to hold free event to preserve memories of World Wars I and II.
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Waterville voter challenge cost city nearly $31,000
The cost does not include the time and hours spent by city staff going through thousands of emails requested by those challenging the voter eligibility of Colby College students and faculty.
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J.P. Devine: The woman I’m calling today
No matter where he happened to be in his travels, J.P. Devine always had a bucketful of change to dump into a pay phone to call his mother on Mother’s Day.
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American Legion in Waterville to close lounge, eliminate regular hours
Rising costs and fewer active members are forcing Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post 5 to lay off its two full-time employees at the end of the month.