The 24-hour prayer that the Roman Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph in Waterville and Winslow are undertaking begins after midnight Tuesday.
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$6 million challenge grant from Alfond Foundation to help fund Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville
Once the Waterville Creates! fundraising effort passes $1 million, the foundation will match it with a $6 million grant as part of its $500 million investment in Waterville and Maine.
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Colby College museum acquires Jacob Lawrence prints of Haitian revolutionary
The late artist, who documented the African-American experience, has been in the spotlight recently.
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Inland Hospital in Waterville building new winter drive-up COVID-19 testing site
The new site at Northern Light Inland Hospital on Kennedy Memorial Drive is expected to open Nov. 4 and will be located behind the hospital near the Inland Woods trailhead.
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Surveillance videos reveal unsavory activity in Waterville restaurant district
Insurance business owner John Fortier has dozens of videos showing late-night crowds urinating, drinking alcohol, fighting and doing other such activity on Silver Street downtown.
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Central Maine colleges say coronavirus-testing efforts paying benefits
Officials from Thomas College and Colby College in Waterville and the University of Maine at Farmington have reported low numbers of infections and good cooperation from students and staff members as schools continue with testing.
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Colby College to use $101 million Alfond grant for Waterville downtown efforts, campus athletic center
The $101 million grant to Colby College in Waterville from the Harold Alfond Foundation is part of a $500 million Alfond grant to Maine institutions.
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Thomas College receives $13.5 million Alfond grant for scholarships, new programs
The Waterville college also announced its $27 million ‘Guarantee the Future’ campaign has less than $1 million more to raise to reach its goal.
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Monument in Central Maine honors Louis Sockalexis, 1st Indigenous baseball player
In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Alfond Youth and Community Center unveiled a monument dedicated to Louis Sockalexis, the first Indigenous person to play Major League Baseball.
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New England Clean Energy Connect may start construction in November, despite opposition
Thorn Dickinson, CEO and president of NECEC Transmission LLC, spoke about the CMP Corridor project at Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast while legislators opposed to the project asked for equal time.