A network of Waterville police officers, homeless advocates, city leaders, businesspeople and volunteers work in the city as part of a well-oiled machine to help those struggling get on a path to health and resilience, Amy Calder writes.
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Appleton Street in Waterville to get new park, streetscape as downtown projects kick off
The $650,000 project, which is part of the city’s downtown visioning and revitalization efforts, will include building a “pocket park” off Appleton Street, to include trees, flowers, grass and benches.
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Waterville golf event draws 36 teams
Nearly 50 businesses provided sponsorships or in-kind donations for the tournament.
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Volunteers needed for Taste of Waterville on July 31
New this year is a celebrity dunk tank and several performances by aerialist Emily Green.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Goodfellas’ the greatest lasagna of Italians ever, J.P. Devine writes
It’s rumored that Martin hated the title of the book, so Pileggi grudgingly changed it to “Goodfellas,” J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story,’ who was clever, funny and brilliant
Coward was a genius of his art, a friend, a gentleman, and bright star of darker skies, J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Ghost Trap’ is about trap war with rival lobstering family
The title is a bit misleading, it’s and not even a documentary about lobster fishing, any more than Hemingway’s “To Have and Have Not” is about the boat rental business, J.P. Devine writes.
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Photos: ‘Light Sentinels’ installed at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville
All photos by Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
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Downtown Waterville store that helps effort to build affordable homes to close after a decade
In business since 2014, the Waterville Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 24 Silver St. carries a wide variety of donated items.
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Tourism council awards $2.5K to Waterville chamber
This funding aims to assist in the growth of tourism in Maine’s Kennebec Valley and produce a positive economic impact on the region.