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The park has been closed to the public since the Dec. 18, 2023 flood which damaged the park's bandstand, washed away benches and took chunks of earth as it went.

The park has been closed to the public since the Dec. 18 flood, which damaged the park's bandstand and washed away benches and chunks of earth.

I know we're still pawing through all of our kids' Halloween candy and haven't even put the bird in the oven yet, but is it really ever too early to start talking about Christmas?

I know we're still pawing through all of our kids' Halloween candy and haven't even put the bird in the oven yet, but is it really ever too early to start talking about Christmas?

The Children's Discovery Museum of Central Maine has announced the holiday activity lineup, which includes visits with Santa Claus at Kringleville at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville, beginning the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

The town wants to adopt an annual fall festival that will attract families to Fort Halifax Park, but that effort will be pushed off for a year following the decision this week to cancel Saturday's event.

Work began last Thursday on the town treasure, a National Historic Landmark, and is expected to be completed by the end of May.

If 32 more people apply for the $130 banners, Oakland would be one of just a handful of Maine municipalities to participate in the Hometown Heroes banner program.

The popular Parade of Lights and Kringleville have long attracted crowds downtown and a change this year is that the parade will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving and begin at Winslow High School before crossing the Ticonic Bridge into Waterville.

increase font size Winslow’s Fort Halifax blockhouse getting new roof Work began last Thursday on the town treasure, a National Historic Landmark, and is expected to be completed by the end of May. 7 of 7 Drue Wilcox, owner of Mid-Maine Restoration, enters Fort Halifax on Friday as he and his crew replace the vintage roof of the historic Winslow fort. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel WINSLOW — The country’s oldest blockhouse is getting a needed update. Construction began Thursday on a...