Marchers assemble peacefully Sunday at The Concourse and march from downtown Waterville to Head of Falls, joining a chorus of protests across the nation.
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Waterville D-Day gathering commemorates 76th anniversary
Veterans and community members gathered for a brief ceremony Saturday evening to commemorate the 76th anniversary of D-Day at the VFW in Waterville.
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Waterville and Maine State police investigating shooting on College Avenue late Saturday morning
The man was initially taken by ambulance to MaineGeneral, where he was later transported by LifeFlight to Portland.
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Hundreds line Waterville streets to protest racism in aftermath of Minneapolis man’s death
Monday’s protest drew at least 200 people to the the Universalist-Unitarian Church in Waterville, with participants hoisting signs amid nationwide unrest stemming from George Floyd’s death while in police custody.
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Popular Steakhouse in Waterville closes down due to coronavirus restrictions
Citing the strict guidelines placed on restaurants by the state, the owners of Joseph’s Fireside Steakhouse in Waterville have decided to close down for good.
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Waterville priest keeps church door open for the benefit of longtime parishioners
Marie Fefa Deeb, 94, attends Mass at St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church at Appleton and Front streets, a lifelong daily devotion to spend, as she puts it, a half hour or hour with the Lord.
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Police: Man charged with robbery after threatening Waterville store workers with knife
Mark Ryder, 45, was charged with Class A robbery after he allegedly demanded money from workers at the Irving convenience store on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville.
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Brother from Waterville follows in military footsteps of older sibling
Wade Slack was killed in Afghanistan in 2010, but for his younger brother Andrew Slack, it was a ‘stern reality check,’ one that prompted him to join military service.
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Colby graduates told not to seek or expect perfection
Colby College President David A. Greene addresses, virtually, 493 seniors Sunday in a “Celebration of the Class of 2020.”
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Fifty years later, Colby College’s Class of 1970 recounts disruption to semester’s end
As the coronavirus pandemic has forced changes to Colby’s final weeks of classes and traditional commencement ceremonies, members of the class of 1970 recall how protests and tension that year also disrupted the end of the semester even as their own 50th reunion is now canceled.