Mayor Nick Isgro took the lead in collecting more than 100 signatures to trigger a recount of the ordinance that would prohibit stores of 10,000 square feet of more from distributing plastic shopping bags.
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Bill and Joan Alfond Main Street Commons lights up Waterville
The building also has been recognized with a Smart Growth Award from GrowSmart Maine, a nonprofit that encourages common-sense development within the context of an existing community.
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Waterville prepares to implement ban on plastic bags, but a recount is possible
The voter-approved measure, set to take effect in April, will affect retail or commercial spaces of 10,000 square feet or more, such as supermarkets.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Waterville group challenging absentee ballots of 150 Colby students
The addresses used could cause confusion over which wards and districts a student should be voting in, but the city clerk says the problem is easily fixed.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Camden National Bank open for business in new Colby building in downtown Waterville
The bank, which moved recently from lower Main Street in Waterville to the new Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons, held a ribbon-cutting Monday morning, a week after it opened.
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Waterville man taken to hospital after fall from window
Police Chief Joseph Massey said the man fell about 30 feet after he apparently lost his balance while talking to a friend who was on the ground below the apartment building at the corner of College Avenue and Highwood Street.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
A dire need for school bus drivers is felt in Fairfield, Waterville schools
The Fairfield area school district has hired two new drivers since an initial hiring push earlier this year, officials said.
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Two men injured after falling from roof of Waterville house
Emergency workers rushed to the scene on Brook Street just after 9 a.m. Wednesday and loaded the injured men into ambulances.
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Police: Waterville man threatened to staple tape to woman before sexual assault
The victim told police a man she lives with came home under the influence of what she believed was drugs and he threatened to staple electrical tape to her head before assaulting her.
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Waterville police identify man whose body was found by train tracks
Police are still awaiting an official cause of death to be determined for Anthony Kershner, 46, of Center Street, but say foul play is not suspected.