waterville maine – Page 67 – The Portland Press Herald

Commentary: Proposed Maine local option tax would be a losing proposition

by Jacob Posik Special to the Press Herald December 14, 2019December 13, 2019

Border-county businesses would forfeit sales, and taxpayers in most of the state’s municipalities would see little benefit.

Local & State

Waterville sewer pipe repair project nears completion

by Amy Calder December 12, 2019December 13, 2019

Crews on Thursday installed the final length of a 30-inch force sewer pipe on Water Street as part of a two-week project to fix a broken pipe that dumped 34 million gallons of sewage into the Kennebec River.

Local & State

A 34 million-gallon sewer leak in Waterville highlights infrastructure needs, official says

by Amy Calder December 10, 2019December 11, 2019

Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District Superintendent Timothy LeVasseur said Tuesday that 34 million, not 15 million, gallons of sewage flowed into the Kennebec River when a sewer main broke.

Local & State

Waterville pipe break dumps 15 million gallons of sewage into Kennebec River

by Amy Calder December 9, 2019December 10, 2019

The Nov. 29 break was sparked by the unusual placement of a sewer pipe inside a stormwater pipe on Water Street in the 1970s and then encasing it in concrete.

Cops & Courts, Local & State

Woman robbed while making night deposit at Waterville bank

by Amy Calder December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

A woman making a deposit at Kennebec Savings Bank on Main Street at 7:48 p.m. Thursday reported being grabbed from behind by a white male who took the money bag and ran, according to Waterville Deputy police Chief Bill Bonney.

Local & State

Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82

by Amy Calder December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.

Local & State

Waterville council overrides mayor’s veto on ambulance purchases

by Amy Calder December 3, 2019December 4, 2019

The used ambulances will provide backup when Delta Ambulance is delayed.

Local & State

Waterville church move stalled as planners debate nonprofits, taxes

by Amy Calder December 2, 2019December 3, 2019

At issue is whether a zoning change should be allowed so the the First Congregational United Church of Christ, a nonprofit, can move into a building that’s in a commercial zone.