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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Waterville to launch program to help maintain, replenish neighborhood street trees
A task force is expected to inventory existing trees on streets in city neighborhoods and work to maintain and replenish those that have been lost, including elm trees, which were ravaged in the 1950s and 1960s by Dutch elm disease.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2024
Waterville becomes first Maine city to endorse plan to study passenger rail expansion bill
The City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday night to approve a resolution that seeks, ultimately, to extend passenger rail service to Lewiston-Auburn, Waterville and Bangor.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2023
Waterville considers buying yurts to house homeless at riverfront in winter
The City Council heard a plan Tuesday night to buy 10 yurts to provide shelter for homeless people who camp near the RiverWalk at Head of Falls.
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PublishedMay 2, 2023
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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PublishedDecember 22, 2022
Waterville city manager announces abrupt resignation over ‘personal and urgent circumstances’
Steve Daly announced his resignation in a letter Thursday to city councilors after nearly two years on the job as Waterville's top municipal official.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
NYC-based developer looks to spend more than $20 million to renovate former Lockwood Mill in Waterville
North River Co. officials hope to begin transforming about half the building at 6 Water St. next year into residential and commercial space.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
Tensions mount at Waterville council meeting when group challenges mask mandate
Police were called when matters further escalated after the meeting when members of Maine Patriots With Attitude followed a couple outside where one member repeatedly used a vulgar term to insult a woman.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2021
Waterville seeks help to stamp out browntail moth infestation
Waterville looks to locate browntail moth nests as part of a broad strategy to eliminate the pest.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2021
As invasion of browntail moths continues, central Maine towns seek a variety of remedies
Officials are priming their attack plans as the infestation of the moth is expected to continue in the coming years.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Waterville mayor says he’s ‘extremely thankful,’ hasn’t decided yet whether to resign
At the end of Tuesday night's City Council meeting, Mayor Jay Coelho thanked councilors and city officials and said he had not yet made a decision about whether to resign due to serious health issues.
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