The First Church of Waterville on Park Street is asking the council to rezone 3 and 5 Park St. so the church can expand its parking and add a handicapped accessible ramp, which current zoning does not allow for a parking lot.
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Waterville City Council to consider Park Street church request to raze buildings for more parking
Some city residents are concerned that the First Church of Waterville is looking to demolish buildings at 3 and 5 Park St.
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Waterville City Council adopts winter plan to help homeless
Councilors on Wednesday postponed indefinitely a proposal to buy yurts to house homeless people now living in tents on city property near the Kennebec River.
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Election updates: Winners of central Maine municipal races
Incumbents in some communities, including Waterville and Oakland, held onto their seats Tuesday, but others did not fare as well.
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Waterville City Council to consider ditching yurt idea, seeking longer-term solutions for the homeless
Mayor Jay Coelho is withdrawing his request to spend up to $10,000 to install yurts on the riverfront, instead asking the city to seek solutions that include an emergency warming shelter and ramped-up outreach to the homeless encampment at Head of Falls.
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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.
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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.
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Waterville City Council OKs community paramedicine pilot project
The council is moving to accept a $100,000 state grant to help fund a program that would provide some health care services to people who live on the streets, have a substance abuse disorder or other problems.
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Waterville City Council to move meetings to new location next month
The city is renovating a building at the corner of Front and Temple streets and leasing it monthly, with an option to buy within three years.
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Waterville city councilors defend property tax increases after former councilor lambastes them
Phil Bofia said Tuesday the City Council lacked the courage to hold the line on spending, but the mayor and others defended the budget in part by saying wages for police and firefighters needed to increase.