Officials say they plan to launch a capital campaign Monday in an effort to raise $250,000 for operations and animal care, as well as to help make the Humane Society Waterville Area sustainable.
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Waterville police say New York man left 2 pounds of pot, $82,000 in cash in hotel room
Nicholas Lombardo, 63, previously served federal prison terms for marijuana convictions.
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Genotyping lab opens in former mill in downtown Waterville
The expanding business hopes to draw on links to local colleges as it provides genetic testing services.
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Anger flares over Waterville’s plastic bag ordinance debate
The City Council votes to override the mayor’s veto of a vote councilors took earlier this month to place a bag ban ordinance on the November ballot.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Schools and Education
Thomas College program helping give first-generation students an EDGE
A program that brings first generation freshmen to campus before the semester starts has been highlighted in a report addressing Maine’s workforce challenges.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Maine
Customers got angry when Waterville restaurant changed up its french fries. Then the world came calling.
The story about Bolley’s Famous Franks’ switch from crinkle cut to straight cut even resulted in a call from a Chinese newspaper asking if some of the fries could be shipped over.
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State police: Fairfield man killed in car crash on I-95 in Waterville
Bertrand Bard, 73, lost control while passing another vehicle, crashed into trees and died at the scene.
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Maine restaurant’s customers get hostile when straight-cut french fries replace crinkle-cut
The owners of Bolley’s Famous Franks in Waterville say customers have threatened to fight them and have them fearing for their family’s safety.
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Waterville mayor vetoes council vote on placing plastic bag ban on ballot
In his veto statement, Nick Isgro warns that such a referendum would invite “dark money funded influence peddlers” into the city.
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Waterville mayor criticizes council for putting plastic bag ban on ballot
Councilors push back, saying the criticism is just the latest in divisive rhetoric from the Republican mayor.