The Waterville market has been working with state officials to make improvements to the store since a food service worker with hepatitis A virus infection prepared food there while infectious.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Do we have to be the next San Jose?
In all the enthusiasm about a new research institute in Portland, there may be a better model that’s closer to home.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Hobby Lobby to open in March at Elm Plaza in Waterville
The craft and home decor store, with more than 850 stores in the U.S., will employ between 35 and 50 people, according to the company.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Colby receives ‘major gift’ to support civic engagement
The gift from Colby Trustee Seth Lawry and his wife, Cynthia, will create in perpetuity the position of Lawry Family Director of Civic Engagement and Community Partnerships.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Couple to open restaurant, bar, deli, market in downtown Waterville
The Portland Hunt & Alpine Club owners Andrew and Briana Volk are aiming to open Verna’s All Day at the end of the year in the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons at 150 Main St. in downtown Waterville.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Waterville explores rules for AirBnb, other short-term rentals
The city has no rules for such businesses, but officials say they are receiving more complaints as the industry grows locally.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State
Waterville market worker had hepatitis A while preparing food sold to customers
The Maine Center for Disease Control and state Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry are warning customers who may have purchased food from Joseph’s Market on Front Street from Dec. 27, 2019 to Jan. 9 this year that they may be at risk of being infected.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Schools and Education
Bill to expand access to child care unveiled in Waterville
“You can’t have a strong economy in Maine without strong child care for the people in it,” said Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat from Aroostook County.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Waterville man pleads not guilty to murder charge in girlfriend’s shooting
Nicholas P. Lovejoy, 28, is charged with murder in the October 2019 death of Melissa Sousa, his girlfriend at the time and mother of their twin daughters.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: ‘Olive, Again’ makes it OK to hate French-Canadians again
Elizabeth Strout’s new novel is set in modern-day Maine, but it presents outdated stereotypes.