Thomas College students plan Halloween event for public

New $95 million Gordon Center officially opens at Colby College in Waterville

The Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts was the largest academic project in the college's history and is regarded as one of the most advanced performing arts facilities in New England.

Reporting Aside: As many have witnessed, homelessness has become a crisis in Waterville

The Waterville community has been generous and empathetic when it comes to helping a growing number of homeless people living in encampments, but it is becoming increasingly apparent that the city can't do it alone and should seek state or federal intervention, Amy Calder writes.

Waterville mayoral candidates take on homelessness, taxes in debate

The debate involving Michael J. Morris and Matthew S. Boulerice was held Thursday night at Ayotte Auditorium at Thomas College.

Augusta contractor sentenced on several counts of home repair fraud, theft

Orin J. Stevens, 68, paid $62,400 in restitution to former customers and was not ordered to serve time in jail.

Despite balky crane, workers remove steeple from Waterville museum

The steeple was removed Wednesday from the former First Congregational United Church of Christ at 7 Eustis Parkway, which is now the Children's Discovery Museum.

Man convicted of distributing drugs from Waterville apartment

Victor Soto Sanchez, 39, faces at least 10 years in prison after drug agents searched his Waterville home and found drugs with a street value of more than $400,000, officials said.

Colby’s Lovejoy convocation to honor jailed Wall Street Journal reporter

The 71st Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism is to be presented Friday to the parents of Evan Gershkovich, a 2014 Bowdoin College graduate who is being held in a Russian jail on claims he was acting as a spy for the United States.

Waterville considers buying yurts to house homeless at riverfront in winter

The City Council heard a plan Tuesday night to buy 10 yurts to provide shelter for homeless people who camp near the RiverWalk at Head of Falls.

Waterville mayoral debate set for tonight at Thomas College

City Councilor Michael Morris, D-Ward 5, is being challenged by Planning Board member Matthew Boulerice, who is running unenrolled, for a three-year term as mayor to succeed Jay Coelho.