Some local businesses are experimenting with an honor system for mask-wearing, as fully vaccinated people are able to go barefaced at most settings.
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Sidney arts center to host inaugural beer festival, signaling return of food-drink gatherings
As the Snow Pond Center for the Arts plans its first craft brew and music festival for Sept. 11 on Messalonskee Lake, other annual gatherings are planning returns as COVID-19 pandemic precautions are eased.
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Waterville’s Mount Merici Academy fulfills service learning with pen-pals
The school partnered with Oak Grove Center and Mount Saint Joseph to foster connections, which developed into an art show as well.
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Complex worker shortage problem strains businesses, employees in central Maine
Employers are struggling to hire in Maine and across the nation, which experts say is the result of several factors exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Amy Calder: A life-changing journey
Jonathan McGonagle, 36, of Portland and fellow cyclist Nick Grisi, 40, of New Jersey stopped Tuesday to visit a longtime family friend in Waterville after bicycling from California to Florida and then up the East Coast to Maine.
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Waterville-area high schools plan unique commencements with pandemic precautions
Some schools are devising unique ceremonies given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Colby College graduation events to cause weekend road closures in Waterville
Hundreds of pedestrians are expected to cross Mayflower Hill in front of Miller Library on the Colby campus Sunday for commencement exercises.
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Officials: Person rescued from Kennebec River after jumping from Carter Memorial Bridge
Rescue workers from the Waterville Fire Department retrieved the person, who was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Thayer Campus for treatment.
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Waterville council OKs funding for outside agencies after lengthy debate, heated criticism
The city years ago funded several outside agencies, but when times were tough, funding stopped for most organizations.
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Colby College’s Museum of Art reopening to public next month
The reopening coincides with final weekend of the ‘Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960’ exhibition.