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The Children's Center, a nonprofit early childhood intervention and family support services organization for children with special needs, on Monday announced it has received a $1 million gift to help fund the planned expansion of its Augusta facility. The donation comes from Charlie and Nancy Shuman, of Charlie’s Motor Mall and Charlie’s Family of Dealerships in Augusta, and the Children's Center said the contribution is the family's largest gift of its kind to date. The center also said the expansion will allow for more youngsters with special needs to access vital services at a c...

Amy Calder: Pursuing deferred dreams A Waterville mother who had dropped out of school at 14 decided to enroll in adult education this year after struggling to help her two young daughters learn from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Share Pamela Perkins and her daughters, Aleah, 9, and Leda, 12, Friday at their home on Bruins Lane in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Pamela Perkins will never forget what it was like, struggling to help her daughters learn math at home. It was September and the coronavirus pandemic had forced Waterville schools to go to remote learning pa...