Purnell, whose name adorns the city’s Cal Ripken baseball field, died Tuesday at 83 years old.
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Waterville mayor shuts down man who uses ‘vile language’ about English-language learners
Bruce Poulin peppered city councilors and school officials with questions Tuesday about a plan to hire another teacher for English-language learners.
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MaineGeneral Health names Nathan Howell as new president
Nathan Howell, a graduate of Colby College in Waterville and president of MaineHealth’s Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford, will become the hospital system’s new CEO and president July 1.
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Weekend storm brings power outages and flooding to central Maine
Across central Maine, where rainfall totals reached 5 inches in some areas from the strong weekend storm, high water levels in the Kennebec River watershed brought flood warnings and washed out roads, along with downed trees and power outages.
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Homeless in Maine: New policing protocol shifts focus to assisting homeless people who need help
Local police agencies are grappling with a new protocol established by the Office of the Maine Attorney General that calls on authorities to not charge homeless people with minor crimes but instead focus on connecting them with service providers who may be able to help.
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Waterville man arrested after threat to MaineGeneral causes lockdown
Police said Friday that the threat was made by 41-year-old John Picurro, who was the owner of The Last Unicorn restaurant that was destroyed in a fire last weekend.
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Waterville property owner plans to rebuild after downtown fire
Property owner Sidney Geller said he wants to move quickly to rebuild on Silver Street, and the owner of The Last Unicorn restaurant, John Picurro, said he wants to work with Geller to reopen on the same spot.
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Fire destroys The Last Unicorn restaurant in downtown Waterville
The blaze early Sunday morning leveled the eatery at 8 Silver St. and forced a road closure on Main Street downtown.
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‘He was aiming to shoot’
Rose Clayton said she was just getting off Interstate 295 on Tuesday when a man in the car in front of her slammed on his brakes, got out and pointed a gun at her. She later recognized him when she saw photos of Joseph Eaton, now charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his parents and family friends.
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Waterville officials assessing whether to expel students charged with making threat
Superintendent Eric Haley and Assistant Superintendent Peter Hallen of the Waterville Public Schools said Wednesday that school staff members, police, mental health professionals and others are working to determine if two students charged with terrorizing will remain in school.