Julian Payne was nominated as the Ward 5 school board candidate.
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Waterville council sidesteps school requests, approves $40M budget on 1st vote
Mayor Nick Isgro had warned he would veto it if councilors adopted school board recommendations to include two teacher aides and security cameras for Waterville Senior High School.
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Waterville councilor to keep her seat
Lauren Lessing, who represents Ward 3, was found not to be in violation of the city charter.
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Waterville group looking into regulations on single-use bags
The Sustain Mid Maine Coalition met for the first time to discuss restrictions on single-use bags, and joining nine other Maine municipalities that regulate the bags.
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Waterville council to consider vote on municipal, school budgets
Mayor, city manager say the proposal represents a good compromise.
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Film festival wraps up by honoring outgoing director Shannon Haines
About 9,000 people attended the 20th annual festival over 10 days, organizers say.
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Dakota the dog’s life spared under court deal
A settlement agreed to on Monday keeps the dog outside of Kennebec County, where she will receive training, following a judge’s euthanasia order and intervention by Gov. Paul LePage.
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Filmmakers network, talk future of Maine film industry at Waterville’s Maine International Film Festival
The day also saw young student filmmakers honored for their work in narrative, documentary and creative film.
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Waterville school board to weigh more budget cuts despite additional state aid
The most recent proposed budget for 2017-2018 represents a 2 percent increase over last year’s despite cuts of more than $770,000 from the original total.
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Waterville Democrats expect to nominate mayoral candidate at Wednesday caucus
Karen Rancourt-Thomas had been incumbent Mayor Nick Isgro’s only declared Democratic challenger, but she switched parties and endorsed Isgro, claiming ‘my party left me.’