“Dr. King was in the process of working on the Poor People’s Campaign, making poverty across racial lines an issue, recognizing that poverty in a land of plenty was a problem,” Cheryl Townsend Gilkes said. “He was still working on it when he died, and we have to understand that.”
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Lilly Bohner: ‘We’re not going to be quiet until things actually, really change.’
In her frustration, Lilly Bohner pulled together the march that went though Fort Halifax Park to Waterville City Hall. She participated in three demonstrations over the summer, including the one she organized, as well as Augusta and Rockland.
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Former Waterville mayor Isgro reports ‘full retirement from politics’ after tenure marked by progress, controversy
Nick Isgro’s six years in office included forward movement in downtown revitalization efforts as well as controversy over his comments on social media that led to a failed effort to recall him from office.
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People, pets rescued as early Monday morning fire razes Waterville home
The blaze inflicted “extensive damage” on the King Court home in the South End, and a car parked close to the building was also damaged, officials said.
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Maine Crisp Co. moving operations to Winslow
Family-owned company that began in Waterville is taking over a 17,500-square-foot facility at 20 Lithgow St.
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Two-year-old boy shot in Waterville remains hospitalized
State and local police are releasing little information about their investigation into the Saturday shooting of a 2-year-old boy in the head, apparently by a sibling, in their Western Avenue home.
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Whitefield man charged after multi-vehicle crash on I-95 Tuesday morning
Maine State Police were responding to accidents at mile markers 119 northbound and 130 southbound at the same time.
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Officials provide no update on 2-year-old shooting victim’s condition
The boy shot in the head Saturday morning in Waterville was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon, but a hospital spokeswoman said Monday she had no information on a patient by that name.
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Waterville boy, 2, in critical condition after shooting
Maine State Police say their investigation revealed the boy’s sibling found a gun in a closet Saturday morning, loaded it and fired one round.
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State, local police investigate Waterville shooting
A shooting occurred Saturday on Western Avenue in Waterville, but state and local police are not commenting on the incident.