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Hype for the Future 63J: Waterville and Winslow, Maine
Introduction The City of Waterville and adjoining Town of Winslow represent an urbanized area situated upstream from the Augusta area along the Kennebec River in Kennebec County, Maine. Though the communities are located opposite the river from one another, the combination of the communities is what today creates the urbanized area, with Waterville to the west and Winslow to the east. City of Waterville The City of Waterville, located on the west side of the Kennebec River, is home to […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/hype-for-the-future-63j-waterville-and-winslow-maine/
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Hype for the Future 63J: Waterville and Winslow, Maine
Introduction The City of Waterville and adjoining Town of Winslow represent an urbanized area situated upstream from the Augusta area along the Kennebec River in Kennebec County, Maine. Though the communities are located opposite the river from one another, the combination of the communities is what today creates the urbanized area, with Waterville to the west and Winslow to the east. City of Waterville The City of Waterville, located on the west side of the Kennebec River, is home to […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/hype-for-the-future-63j-waterville-and-winslow-maine/
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Hype for the Future 63J: Waterville and Winslow, Maine
Introduction The City of Waterville and adjoining Town of Winslow represent an urbanized area situated upstream from the Augusta area along the Kennebec River in Kennebec County, Maine. Though the communities are located opposite the river from one another, the combination of the communities is what today creates the urbanized area, with Waterville to the west and Winslow to the east. City of Waterville The City of Waterville, located on the west side of the Kennebec River, is home to […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/hype-for-the-future-63j-waterville-and-winslow-maine/
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Hype for the Future 63J: Waterville and Winslow, Maine
Introduction The City of Waterville and adjoining Town of Winslow represent an urbanized area situated upstream from the Augusta area along the Kennebec River in Kennebec County, Maine. Though the communities are located opposite the river from one another, the combination of the communities is what today creates the urbanized area, with Waterville to the west and Winslow to the east. City of Waterville The City of Waterville, located on the west side of the Kennebec River, is home to […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/hype-for-the-future-63j-waterville-and-winslow-maine/
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Hype for the Future 63J: Waterville and Winslow, Maine
Introduction The City of Waterville and adjoining Town of Winslow represent an urbanized area situated upstream from the Augusta area along the Kennebec River in Kennebec County, Maine. Though the communities are located opposite the river from one another, the combination of the communities is what today creates the urbanized area, with Waterville to the west and Winslow to the east. City of Waterville The City of Waterville, located on the west side of the Kennebec River, is home to […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/hype-for-the-future-63j-waterville-and-winslow-maine/
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Claudia Sheinbaum is a scientist. You know who else is a scientist? Dr. #NiravShah -- and he's thinking about running for governor of Maine! Boy, if there is anyone I trust, it's Dr. Shah. He was really upfront when he was the director of the #MaineCDC during the #Covid pandemic, and if he didn't know something, he admitted it -- and then would follow up at the next press conference! More of this, please...!
Dr. Nirav Shah says he’s considering run for Maine governor
Shah was the face of Maine’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and went on to become a top federal health official during the Biden administration.
Joe Lawlor, August 15, 2025
BRUNSWICK — "Maine’s former CDC director, Dr. Nirav Shah, is considering a run for governor.
" 'I think we are in a moment where all of us should be considering running for something,' Shah said in an exclusive interview with the Press Herald Friday. 'I’m considering throwing my hat into the governor’s race.'
"Shah said that if he ran, it would be as a Democrat.
" 'I’m considering, but have not yet committed to running,' he said. He said he didn’t have a timetable for when he would make a final decision.
"Shah, 48, became the face of Maine’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and went on to become a top federal health official during the Biden administration. He recently launched a #PublicHealth education program at #ColbyCollege, where he is a visiting professor.
"Shah had a high-profile role as the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention during the pandemic, when he often appeared on TV and online explaining the coronavirus to the public and answering journalists’ questions. Chocolate bars were named after him, coffee mugs were inscribed with the words 'In Dr. Shah We Trust,' and he enjoyed a large online fan club.
"As a result of the state’s response to the pandemic, Maine had one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the nation, at more than 80% fully vaccinated.
"Shah left Maine in 2023 after being tapped by the Biden administration to become principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. While at the U.S. CDC, Shah helped lead the response to the #BirdFlu.
"Shah also helped during the transition from the Biden to the Trump administration, where his last day on the job was Feb. 28.
Source:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/15/dr-nirav-shah-says-hes-considering-run-for-maine-governor/Archived version:
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#Resist! Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education 'overreach'
Riley Board, Portland Press Herald, Maine
Tue, April 22, 2025"Four Maine higher education leaders have signed on to a letter accusing the Trump administration of 'unprecedented government overreach and political interference.'
"Safa Zaki of #BowdoinCollege, Garry Jenkins of #BatesCollege, David Greene of #ColbyCollege and James Herbert of the #UniversityOfNewEngland all added their names to the letter, published Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. More than 230 presidents of colleges, universities and scholarly societies throughout the country have signed so far.
" 'We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight,' the letter reads. 'However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work on our campuses. We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding.'
"Though the letter primarily represents private institutions, leaders from a handful of state colleges and universities signed on, including University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes and Eastern Connecticut State University President Karim Ismaili. A spokesperson for the University of Maine system declined to comment.
"In recent months, the Trump administration has pulled or threatened to pull federal funding from higher education institutions that don't comply with his agenda on #StudentProtesters, admissions practices and #TransgenderAthlete policies.
"The administration has also revoked the visas of hundreds of international students. On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] of Maine filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security [#DHS] and other agencies behind the visa revocations, asking that a judge restore the visas of any New England students who have had them wrongfully removed, and protecting future students from the same actions."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-maine-college-presidents-sign-224700038.html#MaineResists #TrumpIsABully #HigherEducation #USPol #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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#Maine: #WatervilleME protesters urge passersby to ‘#DumpTrump’
More than 50 people gathered Thursday morning on the sidewalk in downtown Waterville to protest President #Trump and #ElonMusk.
by Amy Calder, February 27, 2025
WATERVILLE — "More than 50 people stood in a snowstorm downtown Thursday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government programs and cut the federal workforce.
"The 'Dump Trump' rally was organized by #ElizabethLeonard, an author, historian, and professor emeritus of history at #ColbyCollege, who on Feb. 5 led a rally at a #Tesla charging station less than a mile away.
"News of that protest went viral, prompting dozens of similar protests across the country at Telsa dealerships and charging stations. A Morning Sentinel story about that rally was featured on at least one national television show and in the Boston Globe as part of a subsequent interview with Leonard.
"She said she never thought the Tesla event would have such an impact.
'It’s just proof of the fact that a small group of people can make a huge difference, or you could say, where a butterfly flaps its wings, a breeze goes around the world,' Leonard, 68, said. 'We didn’t expect so many people to pay attention.'
"It was a chilly 29 degrees on Main Street Thursday as motorists beeped their horns in support of the protesters. Someone in a white car yelled 'Go home!' to the group.
"Some protesters held trash bags with signs attached that read 'Dump Trump.' Leonard said she agrees with scholars who say the world is re-living history as it witnesses #fascists rise to power and destroy #democratic governments.
"'This is all how it happens,' she said."[...]
"Linda Woods, 73, and Beth Schiller, 68, both of Waterville, protested at the Tesla charging station rally Feb. 5 and were on the street again Thursday. They praised Leonard for starting the #TeslaProtest, which was widely mimicked.
"'I’m just sad that we have to do this,' Woods said. 'I’m tired of standing in the cold.'
"Schiller said she is horrified that people have been #brainwashed into believing the government is 'bad.'
"'They’re going to miss all the good things that government does for all of us when it’s been burned to the ground from #Project2025,' she said, referring to a conservative plan for restructuring government.
"Leonard said she is trying to contact #FederalWorkers in Maine who have been fired from jobs in areas such as the Transportation Safety Administration, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Social Security Administration to bring them together and let them talk and know they are supported. Ruining people’s lives in that way is unacceptable, Leonard said.
"'They’ll all be at the #SoupKitchen, but there won’t be any money for that because the #Medicaid is gone,' she said."
Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/Archived version:
https://archive.md/tR9RY
#MaineProtest #BadDOGE #USPol #MainePol #MaineProtests #Resist #ResistFascism #ResistDOGE -
#Maine: #WatervilleME protesters urge passersby to ‘#DumpTrump’
More than 50 people gathered Thursday morning on the sidewalk in downtown Waterville to protest President #Trump and #ElonMusk.
by Amy Calder, February 27, 2025
WATERVILLE — "More than 50 people stood in a snowstorm downtown Thursday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government programs and cut the federal workforce.
"The 'Dump Trump' rally was organized by #ElizabethLeonard, an author, historian, and professor emeritus of history at #ColbyCollege, who on Feb. 5 led a rally at a #Tesla charging station less than a mile away.
"News of that protest went viral, prompting dozens of similar protests across the country at Telsa dealerships and charging stations. A Morning Sentinel story about that rally was featured on at least one national television show and in the Boston Globe as part of a subsequent interview with Leonard.
"She said she never thought the Tesla event would have such an impact.
'It’s just proof of the fact that a small group of people can make a huge difference, or you could say, where a butterfly flaps its wings, a breeze goes around the world,' Leonard, 68, said. 'We didn’t expect so many people to pay attention.'
"It was a chilly 29 degrees on Main Street Thursday as motorists beeped their horns in support of the protesters. Someone in a white car yelled 'Go home!' to the group.
"Some protesters held trash bags with signs attached that read 'Dump Trump.' Leonard said she agrees with scholars who say the world is re-living history as it witnesses #fascists rise to power and destroy #democratic governments.
"'This is all how it happens,' she said."[...]
"Linda Woods, 73, and Beth Schiller, 68, both of Waterville, protested at the Tesla charging station rally Feb. 5 and were on the street again Thursday. They praised Leonard for starting the #TeslaProtest, which was widely mimicked.
"'I’m just sad that we have to do this,' Woods said. 'I’m tired of standing in the cold.'
"Schiller said she is horrified that people have been #brainwashed into believing the government is 'bad.'
"'They’re going to miss all the good things that government does for all of us when it’s been burned to the ground from #Project2025,' she said, referring to a conservative plan for restructuring government.
"Leonard said she is trying to contact #FederalWorkers in Maine who have been fired from jobs in areas such as the Transportation Safety Administration, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Social Security Administration to bring them together and let them talk and know they are supported. Ruining people’s lives in that way is unacceptable, Leonard said.
"'They’ll all be at the #SoupKitchen, but there won’t be any money for that because the #Medicaid is gone,' she said."
Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/Archived version:
https://archive.md/tR9RY
#MaineProtest #BadDOGE #USPol #MainePol #MaineProtests #Resist #ResistFascism #ResistDOGE -
#Maine: #WatervilleME protesters urge passersby to ‘#DumpTrump’
More than 50 people gathered Thursday morning on the sidewalk in downtown Waterville to protest President #Trump and #ElonMusk.
by Amy Calder, February 27, 2025
WATERVILLE — "More than 50 people stood in a snowstorm downtown Thursday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government programs and cut the federal workforce.
"The 'Dump Trump' rally was organized by #ElizabethLeonard, an author, historian, and professor emeritus of history at #ColbyCollege, who on Feb. 5 led a rally at a #Tesla charging station less than a mile away.
"News of that protest went viral, prompting dozens of similar protests across the country at Telsa dealerships and charging stations. A Morning Sentinel story about that rally was featured on at least one national television show and in the Boston Globe as part of a subsequent interview with Leonard.
"She said she never thought the Tesla event would have such an impact.
'It’s just proof of the fact that a small group of people can make a huge difference, or you could say, where a butterfly flaps its wings, a breeze goes around the world,' Leonard, 68, said. 'We didn’t expect so many people to pay attention.'
"It was a chilly 29 degrees on Main Street Thursday as motorists beeped their horns in support of the protesters. Someone in a white car yelled 'Go home!' to the group.
"Some protesters held trash bags with signs attached that read 'Dump Trump.' Leonard said she agrees with scholars who say the world is re-living history as it witnesses #fascists rise to power and destroy #democratic governments.
"'This is all how it happens,' she said."[...]
"Linda Woods, 73, and Beth Schiller, 68, both of Waterville, protested at the Tesla charging station rally Feb. 5 and were on the street again Thursday. They praised Leonard for starting the #TeslaProtest, which was widely mimicked.
"'I’m just sad that we have to do this,' Woods said. 'I’m tired of standing in the cold.'
"Schiller said she is horrified that people have been #brainwashed into believing the government is 'bad.'
"'They’re going to miss all the good things that government does for all of us when it’s been burned to the ground from #Project2025,' she said, referring to a conservative plan for restructuring government.
"Leonard said she is trying to contact #FederalWorkers in Maine who have been fired from jobs in areas such as the Transportation Safety Administration, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Social Security Administration to bring them together and let them talk and know they are supported. Ruining people’s lives in that way is unacceptable, Leonard said.
"'They’ll all be at the #SoupKitchen, but there won’t be any money for that because the #Medicaid is gone,' she said."
Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/Archived version:
https://archive.md/tR9RY
#MaineProtest #BadDOGE #USPol #MainePol #MaineProtests #Resist #ResistFascism #ResistDOGE -
#Maine: #WatervilleME protesters urge passersby to ‘#DumpTrump’
More than 50 people gathered Thursday morning on the sidewalk in downtown Waterville to protest President #Trump and #ElonMusk.
by Amy Calder, February 27, 2025
WATERVILLE — "More than 50 people stood in a snowstorm downtown Thursday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government programs and cut the federal workforce.
"The 'Dump Trump' rally was organized by #ElizabethLeonard, an author, historian, and professor emeritus of history at #ColbyCollege, who on Feb. 5 led a rally at a #Tesla charging station less than a mile away.
"News of that protest went viral, prompting dozens of similar protests across the country at Telsa dealerships and charging stations. A Morning Sentinel story about that rally was featured on at least one national television show and in the Boston Globe as part of a subsequent interview with Leonard.
"She said she never thought the Tesla event would have such an impact.
'It’s just proof of the fact that a small group of people can make a huge difference, or you could say, where a butterfly flaps its wings, a breeze goes around the world,' Leonard, 68, said. 'We didn’t expect so many people to pay attention.'
"It was a chilly 29 degrees on Main Street Thursday as motorists beeped their horns in support of the protesters. Someone in a white car yelled 'Go home!' to the group.
"Some protesters held trash bags with signs attached that read 'Dump Trump.' Leonard said she agrees with scholars who say the world is re-living history as it witnesses #fascists rise to power and destroy #democratic governments.
"'This is all how it happens,' she said."[...]
"Linda Woods, 73, and Beth Schiller, 68, both of Waterville, protested at the Tesla charging station rally Feb. 5 and were on the street again Thursday. They praised Leonard for starting the #TeslaProtest, which was widely mimicked.
"'I’m just sad that we have to do this,' Woods said. 'I’m tired of standing in the cold.'
"Schiller said she is horrified that people have been #brainwashed into believing the government is 'bad.'
"'They’re going to miss all the good things that government does for all of us when it’s been burned to the ground from #Project2025,' she said, referring to a conservative plan for restructuring government.
"Leonard said she is trying to contact #FederalWorkers in Maine who have been fired from jobs in areas such as the Transportation Safety Administration, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Social Security Administration to bring them together and let them talk and know they are supported. Ruining people’s lives in that way is unacceptable, Leonard said.
"'They’ll all be at the #SoupKitchen, but there won’t be any money for that because the #Medicaid is gone,' she said."
Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/Archived version:
https://archive.md/tR9RY
#MaineProtest #BadDOGE #USPol #MainePol #MaineProtests #Resist #ResistFascism #ResistDOGE -
#Maine: #WatervilleME protesters urge passersby to ‘#DumpTrump’
More than 50 people gathered Thursday morning on the sidewalk in downtown Waterville to protest President #Trump and #ElonMusk.
by Amy Calder, February 27, 2025
WATERVILLE — "More than 50 people stood in a snowstorm downtown Thursday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government programs and cut the federal workforce.
"The 'Dump Trump' rally was organized by #ElizabethLeonard, an author, historian, and professor emeritus of history at #ColbyCollege, who on Feb. 5 led a rally at a #Tesla charging station less than a mile away.
"News of that protest went viral, prompting dozens of similar protests across the country at Telsa dealerships and charging stations. A Morning Sentinel story about that rally was featured on at least one national television show and in the Boston Globe as part of a subsequent interview with Leonard.
"She said she never thought the Tesla event would have such an impact.
'It’s just proof of the fact that a small group of people can make a huge difference, or you could say, where a butterfly flaps its wings, a breeze goes around the world,' Leonard, 68, said. 'We didn’t expect so many people to pay attention.'
"It was a chilly 29 degrees on Main Street Thursday as motorists beeped their horns in support of the protesters. Someone in a white car yelled 'Go home!' to the group.
"Some protesters held trash bags with signs attached that read 'Dump Trump.' Leonard said she agrees with scholars who say the world is re-living history as it witnesses #fascists rise to power and destroy #democratic governments.
"'This is all how it happens,' she said."[...]
"Linda Woods, 73, and Beth Schiller, 68, both of Waterville, protested at the Tesla charging station rally Feb. 5 and were on the street again Thursday. They praised Leonard for starting the #TeslaProtest, which was widely mimicked.
"'I’m just sad that we have to do this,' Woods said. 'I’m tired of standing in the cold.'
"Schiller said she is horrified that people have been #brainwashed into believing the government is 'bad.'
"'They’re going to miss all the good things that government does for all of us when it’s been burned to the ground from #Project2025,' she said, referring to a conservative plan for restructuring government.
"Leonard said she is trying to contact #FederalWorkers in Maine who have been fired from jobs in areas such as the Transportation Safety Administration, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Social Security Administration to bring them together and let them talk and know they are supported. Ruining people’s lives in that way is unacceptable, Leonard said.
"'They’ll all be at the #SoupKitchen, but there won’t be any money for that because the #Medicaid is gone,' she said."
Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/Archived version:
https://archive.md/tR9RY
#MaineProtest #BadDOGE #USPol #MainePol #MaineProtests #Resist #ResistFascism #ResistDOGE -
@gbhnews @FakePlasticDunk @azita I started my (brief) broadcasting career many years ago at WMHB (Mayflower Hill Broadcasting), the college radio station of #ColbyCollege, located on Mayflower Hill, in #Waterville #Maine.
And I worked at WJOK (all comedy radio), WMTG (focused on Montgomery County, MD) and WGMD (I've no idea what that stood for).