The commencement cermony included a decorated military veteran, Maj. Gen. John W. Libby; and Ann LePage, Maine’s first lady.
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Waterville mayor says council wants 13 percent tax hike
Two councilors reached Saturday said numbers for the city budget haven’t been finalized and they haven’t heard of any proposal to increase taxes 13 percent.
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First of 2 apartment buildings in Waterville demolished, making way for new credit union
The buildings on Oak and Main streets will be replaced by a 3,000-square-foot KV Federal Credit Union, to open in the fall and replace the location on Quarry Road.
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Waterville Creates! gets $75,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to plan redesign of Castonguay Square
The public will be asked to take part in planning workshops for the new park design, with meetings to start in September.
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Waterville council votes to place mayoral recall question on June 12 ballot
Mayor Nick Isgro was absent from Tuesday’s meeting, at which City Solicitor Bill Lee told councilors their role was not whether to put the recall to a vote, but when, as the city charter requires that the election occur.
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Revival of Waterville’s Panther Post deviates refreshingly from trend of student newspapers’ disappearance
Student newspapers provide an important service — and we should support them, Emily Higginbotham writes.
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Colby College, Central Maine Growth Council to offer free WiFi in downtown Waterville
Free WiFi will become available this month from the Hathaway Creative Center to Post Office Square and from the western edge of the Concourse to Head of Falls.
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Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro questions integrity of recall petition
Leaders of petition effort say they asked the Democratic party for help because circulators feared retaliation, while the mayor said non-residents and political operatives committed “acts of fraud, deception and intimidation.”
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Waterville Ward 7 councilor target of latest recall effort
Andy Roy, who does not live in Ward 7, filed papers to start a petition to remove Councilor Jackie DuPont Monday, nearly a week after enough signatures were collected to force a recall vote of Mayor Nick Isgro and Councilor John O’Donnell.