Waterville center to host Cornhole Cornucopia benefit Oct. 14

Conversation with author Machado at Colby College to kick off first Maine Lit Fest

Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated "In the Dream House," spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries.

Two Waterville holiday traditions return this year for in-person celebrations

The popular Parade of Lights and Kringleville have long attracted crowds downtown and a change this year is that the parade will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving and begin at Winslow High School before crossing the Ticonic Bridge into Waterville.

Waterville student named National Merit Scholarship semifinalist

Waterville Planning Board debates rules intended to reduce number of vacant buildings in city

The board discussed Tuesday night whether a proposed ordinance would spur redevelopment of vacant buildings or penalize people trying to develop vacant structures by lodging fines against them while a property remains uninhabited.

As strain on public school educators continues, Thomas College looks to provide a fix

The college has altered requirements that will allow students pursuing an education degree to work as substitute teachers and ed techs in public schools struggling to fill those positions.

Waterville class of ’67 to hold reunion Oct. 28

Waterville mayor complains to school board about student safety

Mayor Jay Coelho told the Waterville Board of Education on Monday night that his daughter, a freshman at Waterville Senior High School, was suspended from school a half day after defending herself when attacked by another student in a school bathroom.

Waterville man faces charges after firing gun in downtown vehicle, police say

Nathaniel Rector, 27, was arrested early Sunday and charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a Class C offense, and violating conditions of release, a Class E offense, according to police, who said Rector had been arrested earlier Sunday by state police.

Maine writers turn page on new festival

The first Maine Lit Fest will feature some 50 authors at more than 20 events in Portland and Waterville Friday through Oct. 8.