Now open for a year, the Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine is hitting its stride with events for both children and adults.
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A Waterville native and a stolen Picasso | Column
In 1969, a Picasso painting was stolen from a Boston airport and Whitcomb Rummel Jr. relates his family’s role in its theft and return.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Maine towns are installing AI-enabled surveillance systems despite privacy concerns
Some police departments are leasing cameras from Flock, a company facing scrutiny for its increasingly pervasive surveillance tools and collaboration with federal immigration enforcement.
Posted inMaine, News
Bomb threat at Colby College cancels classes, closes buildings
The college said it received an email saying that a bomb was placed in a Colby library.
Posted inMaine, News
Waterville man struck by car while sitting in dark street dies from injuries
Mark Meserve, 55, reportedly was sitting at the intersection of Elm and Spring streets in Waterville around 11 p.m. Friday when he was struck by a car and later flown to a Portland hospital.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
4 Kennebec River dams to be sold to Nature Conservancy
Brookfield Renewable Energy and The Nature Conservancy agreed to a deal that’s expected to eventually remove the dams.
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She’s worked at Waterville McDonald’s 50 years | Column
LouAnn Lindie, 66, started working at the restaurant on Main Street when she was 16 and never left.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville councilors table charter school zoning change request
The school, which is planning to buy 41 acres on Eight Rod Road for the project, would be nontaxable and draw resources away from Waterville Public Schools, councilors say.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta man indicted on drug trafficking charges
Jashawn Lipscombe, found not guilty in the shooting death of a West Gardiner man in 2020, has been charged with trafficking drugs.
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Waterville man indicted on charges he stabbed a man
Sy A. Perri, 35, is charged with elevated aggravated assault and other charges, following a stabbing at an Augusta apartment in June.