Two youths charged with terrorizing after school threat

Interim Waterville police Chief Bill Bonney said Saturday that the youths will have a court date but will first see a juvenile community corrections officer.

Citing mental illness, Waterville woman found not criminally responsible for setting fires with Molotov cocktails

Melissa Jane Breznyak has been committed to state custody for an indefinite period of time for the setting the fires last year in her neighborhood.

Waterville man pleads guilty to terrorism charge following planned mosque attack

Xavier Pelkey, 19, entered the plea Friday in federal court in Bangor to a charge of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, prosecutors said.

Bridge clubs name recent winners

Colby College joins broad network to support rural students on path to higher education

Colby announced Tuesday it is part of the Small Town and Rural Students College Network, an organization of colleges and universities across the nation working to help rural students enroll and succeed in higher education.

Number of sports officials dwindling to crisis level, but Alfond center seeks to train next generation in Waterville area

Alfond Youth & Community Center hosted a clinic Saturday to help bolster the ranks of local baseball and softball umpires. Leaders say there is a national shortage of sports officials caused by their poor treatment at the hands of coaches, parents and fans.

Thomas College students win top awards at Nashville competition

Ten people displaced after structure fire destroys Waterville apartment building

The Red Cross was assisting the people who rushed from the building early Monday on School Street, just west of downtown.

Waterville man sentenced to year in prison after sexually explicit images of child found on phone

The explicit image was discovered as a screensaver on Joel E. Williams Jr.'s phone after he left it behind at a store, authorities said.

Waterville man accused in Colby College gunfire had feuded previously with assailant, police affidavit says

Officials say Andrew Gifford, 24, fired a 9 mm handgun three times in a crowded hallway during a party at the Waterville college after he had been hit in the head with a bottle by a man with whom Gifford had fought years earlier.