Elm City Bridge Club Ken Harvey and Dan Townsend finished first at the Elm City Bridge Club in Waterville during the April 24 duplicate bridge session. Fred Letourneau and Brad Hayward placed second; Paul Mitnik and Paul Sherman placed third. The winners for April 25 were Tom Simmons and Anil Goswami, tying for first place […]
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Bridge clubs announce recent winners
Elm City Bridge Club Di Bishop and Ken Harvey tied with Gabriele Rice and Suzon Morrison for first at the Elm City Bridge Club in Waterville during the April 30 duplicate bridge session. Willy Pouliot and Maureen Brouchu shared third. Games begin at 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Waterville Elks Lodge, 76 Industrial St.; new […]
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Photos: A Beethoven bicentennial performance at Colby College
The final rehearsal for Choral Masterwork, featuring the Colby Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, was held Friday at Colby College. The orchestra features about 70 musicians and the choir about 100 singers from Colby and the community. Performances drew capacity crowds Saturday and Sunday to the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts at the Waterville campus. The free performances marked the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, “Choral.” The symphony, which was performed at the concert, premiered May 7, 1824.
All photos by staff photographer Rich Abrahamson.
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Waterville apartment building fire displaces 5 people in city’s downtown
The fire was first reported late Friday night at 6 Front Place off Front Street and firefighters extinguished the fire by 1:30 a.m. Saturday, but returned later in the morning after the flames had rekindled.
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Waterville church to offer A Day with a Chess Grandmaster
WATERVILLE — A Day with a Chess Grandmaster is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Waterville First Church, 1 Park St. Nadezhda “Nadya” Kosintseva, a distinguished chess player with titles like Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster, will give a lesson, answer questions, and play 50 people at a simultaneous exhibition. A […]
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Waterville Community Land Trust to hold bird walk
A Waterville Community Land Trust Bird Walk is set for 8-11 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Lashus Farm Neighborhood Park, 232 Water St. in Waterville’s South End. The rain date is Sunday, May 12. Birders can find out what birds are in Lashus Park, the Kennebec River, and Waterville’s neighborbood skies. During the walk, […]
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Water main break in Waterville disrupts service to 60 customers off Kennedy Memorial Drive
The Kennebec Water District said crews were working at ‘a very challenging site’ and did not know when water service would be restored to the impacted areas.
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Eighth-, ninth-grade girls introduced to trades professions
The Waterville Trades for ME conference on April 26 hosted eighth and ninth grade girls from Lawrence Junior High School, Lawrence High School and Messalonskee Middle School to learn about careers in the trades. The conference featured sessions ranging from heavy equipment operation and welding/machining to robotics, informational technology and criminal justice, providing an opportunity […]
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Pro-Palestine group demands Colby College cut ties with Israel
Colby officials responded to the initial email, sent by a group that calls itself “Colby Action for Palestine.”
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Investigation continues into Waterville shooting as neighbors wait for answers
‘It’s as if it didn’t happen,’ a neighbor said of the Feb. 19 shooting, which resulted in the death of Justin Iraola, 22, of Winslow.