WATERVILLE — City residents on Tuesday by a 91-vote margin rejected a recall of Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro following a controversial tweet in which he criticized a student who survived a school shooting. Isgro prevailed in the vote with 1,563 against the recall and 1,472 in support of it. Election results were announced at 10:47 […]
waterville
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Mayor’s recall vote points to trends in national politics
Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro posted three words on Twitter about two months ago that would go on to become the subject of widespread and acrimonious debate in the city and across the state. “Eat it, Hogg,” Isgro said in response to an article about Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham losing sponsorships for disparaging remarks she […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville woman accused of setting boyfriend’s clothes, belongings on fire
WATERVILLE — Police arrested a local woman Sunday night after responding to a fire call on Summer Street where a woman was allegedly burning her boyfriend’s possessions in the street. Waterville Police Chief Joe Massey said police were called to Summer Street around 8 p.m. Sunday night because of a fire in the street. Upon […]
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville to vote on recall of Mayor Nick Isgro on June 12
WATERVILLE — Voters on June 12 will decide whether Mayor Nick Isgro will remain the city’s mayor, since the City Council on Tuesday voted 6-0 to place the recall question on the ballot that day. With Isgro and Councilor Nathaniel White, D-Ward 2, absent from the meeting, about a dozen people sat in the audience […]
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville man charged after posting videos of his involvement in high-speed chase through city
WATERVILLE — A Waterville man was charged with driving to endanger and criminal speed Wednesday evening after he posted videos to Facebook that show the man chasing a motorcyclist through city streets at high rates of speed while at times yelling threats and derogatory slurs. In three profanity-laced videos chronicling 16 minutes of what police […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Petitioners force recall vote of Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro
WATERVILLE — Municipal officials on Thursday certified that petitioners seeking to oust Republican Mayor Nick Isgro from office had collected enough signatures from residents to force a recall vote, setting up a divisive special election next month. Just two days earlier, the City Council agreed to place a request to recall John O’Donnell, a Democrat […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
WWII plane debris in France not from his flight, Waterville pilot says
WATERVILLE — Alfred “Al” Kramer was 23 years old when the B-17 bomber he was piloting on a bombing mission to Stuttgart was shot down by German fighter planes on Sept. 6, 1943. About to turn 98 years old next month, he recalls enough details of the harrowing experience and his downed aircraft to suggest […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Waterville Mayor Isgro faces calls for resignation over tweet attacking Parkland student
WATERVILLE — Mayor Nick Isgro is facing a growing backlash for a social media post about a survivor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, including demands that he apologize or resign from office. Meanwhile, Democrats, some city councilors and residents said Thursday the mayor’s recent tweet about David Hogg isn’t an anomaly and is just […]
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville police arrest man they said hid in closet with cocaine and fentanyl
WATERVILLE — Police arrested a man hiding in a closet with a considerable amount of cocaine and fentanyl Thursday night while responding to a routine patrol call. Two Waterville police officers responded to a call just before 9 p.m. reporting a disturbance at a third-floor apartment on Elm Street, according to Deputy Chief Bill Bonney. […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Greater Lewiston-Auburn schools take part in largest JMG Career Development Conference
WATERVILLE — With ten new JMG programs established across the state last fall, this year’s Career Development Conference was the largest student event ever hosted by JMG. Nearly 700 students from across Maine, including many from Lewiston High School, Oak Hill High School and Lisbon High School, took part March 27, in a high stress […]