Last year, Waterville High School's girls' soccer team came within a goal of winning the state championship, losing 2-1 to Gorham High. This year, it made sure to take advantage of the rematch. Waterville beat Gorham last week 5-1 to win the state title. The win capped a perfect season for the Purple Panthers, who went 18-0-0, and have had just three loses over the last three seasons.
On November 4th 2008, Maine voters supported Ballot Initiative 1. In doing so, Mainers rejected "parts of the new law that change the method of funding Maine's Dirigo Health Program through charging health insurance companies a fixed fee on paid claims and adding a tax to malt liquor, wine and soft drinks.
Although most of the focus of the economic crisis has been on the financial sector, the State of Maine has been feeling the crunch as well. One of the biggest problems has been an increase in the unemployment rate. The State of Maine announced that the unemployment rate reached up to 5.
Democratic senator, part-time doctor and full time mother-of-two, Lisa Marraché, M.D. is Waterville's own jack-of-all-trades. She sports her white coat in the morning and her suit jacket in the afternoons, juggling two careers to most fully serve her community.