The City Council is scheduled to meet via Zoom at 6 p.m. Monday. Those wanting to tune in can watch the meeting through a link on the city's website www.waterville-me.gov.
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Complex worker shortage problem strains businesses, employees in central Maine
Employers are struggling to hire in Maine and across the nation, which experts say is the result of several factors exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Every time Barbara Clark gets notified of a new application to Pete’s Pig Catering & Barbecue, she makes immediate contact.
Rarely, if ever, does she hear back.
“I just shoot them a message asking if they’re available and nobody responds,” said Clark, who owns the Waterville business with her husband, Pete. “You just don’t hear from them.”
Pete’s Pig Catering & Barbecue co-owners Pete Clark, left, and wife Barbara work in the kitchen Tuesday with cook Alex Smith in Waterville.
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter navigates pandemic times with supportive partnerships
Waterville s homeless shelter looks to improve on service as pandemic continues.
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WATERVILLE St. Patrick’s Day. March 17, 2020. It’s the day that everything changed at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter.
The coronavirus pandemic had just taken its first foothold in central Maine, and Katie Spencer-White remembers that day’s happenings sharply. Emotions arose, from anxiety to fear and confusion.
“It was the day we literally evacuated half of our building,” said Spencer-White, the shelter’s executive director. “In those first panic-stricken days when we had no idea how fast the virus would spread or its severity, our staff was terrified.”