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No Matter What I Did The Night I Was Sexually Assaulted, It Was Not My Fault I told myself I drank too much or I dressed too sexy or my flirting sent the wrong message or I didn t fight back, but none of it justifies what happened to me.
Courtesy of Tammy Rabideau
The author at Flashbacks, the nightclub in Madison, Wisconsin, where she met the men who sexually assaulted her, in 2005.
I wasn’t asleep, so I can’t say I woke up. But I was there, in the hotel room. I saw myself lying on the bed, my legs dangling over the edge. To my right, a man stood with his pants off ― his penis in one hand while he fondled my breasts with the other. I felt nothing but I saw it all, as if I were watching myself in a movie. There were voices.
Waterville council approves more than $140,000 in contracts for library work centralmaine.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from centralmaine.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Waterville Council to consider library restoration work contracts
The council also is expected to consider forming a committee to explore temporary and permanent locations for City Council meetings.
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Waterville Public Library director Tammy Rabideau by birch archways that were restored with other historic woodwork at the 1905 library building in Waterville. Rabideau said Monday she is looking forward to making improvements to flooring and exterior windows at the library. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
WATERVILLE The City Council on Tuesday night will consider awarding contracts to companies for more than $100,000 worth of work to help restore Waterville Public Library.
The meeting will be held virtually at 7 p.m. and the public may access the meeting link via the city’s website, www.waterville-me.gov. Those wanting to take part in the meeting must contact the city clerk’s office by 5 p.m. Tuesday to receive credentials to sign in.
Luminaries light up Waterville on the winter solstice
Last week, Waterville Creates! distributed 1,600 luminary kits to the Waterville Public Library and students in the Waterville Public School District to build and display on Monday night.
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To celebrate the winter solstice and to shine a light in this darkest of days, local public school students and staff at the Waterville Public Library created luminaries with free art kits 1,600 of them provided by Waterville Creates!.
“We really wanted it to be something that would connect people to each other,” Serena Sanborn, education and outreach coordinator for Waterville Creates!, said during a phone interview Monday.