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The Virginia High School Rodeo Association hosted Battle on the Border, where students from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia fought hard to win.

Interfaith Council hosts Easter sunrise service at Head of Falls in Waterville Share Giftlin Rajarathinam, left, and Lensky Augustin of the Colby College InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Singers perform during the Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service at Head of Falls in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE — Sarah Mills of the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, stood near the Kennebec River before dawn Sunday and told of how Jesus rose from the dead on Easter. Mary Magdalene went to the tomb in which Jesus’ body had been placed and saw a large stone i...

Work to eradicate poverty, racism, militarism, MLK Jr. Day speaker urges at Waterville event The breakfast recognizing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, usually held at Senior Spectrum's Muskie Center in Waterville, was held virtually Monday because of the coronavirus pandemic. Share WATERVILLE — Let us all take this day and moment to acknowledge the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s unfinished work in addressing what he called the “triple evils” — poverty, racism and militarism — that prevent us from being a truly beloved community. That was the message Rabbi Rachel Isaacs...