As part of the proposal, which the City Council will consider Tuesday as part of a budget vote, the city would hire eight firefighters who also would be paramedics or emergency medical technicians, and two administrative people.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Sundays in the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. She has worked at the newspaper since 1988, including a stint as bureau chief for the Somerset County Bureau in Skowhegan, and has covered a variety of beats. A Skowhegan native, she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work at the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received numerous of awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association and is author of the book, "Comfort is an Old Barn," a collection of curated columns published by Islandport Press. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.
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Amy Calder: Aw, fudge! Waterville shop continues to expand its sweet offerings to customers
Malcolm Porter and David Spinney-Porter offer up herbal incense, tea, gifts, candy — and now fudge — at their specialty store, Incense & Peppermints, in downtown Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
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State board reinstates Waterville doctor’s medical license
Dr. Paul Gosselin was suspended from practice in November by the state Board of Osteopathic Licensure after it found evidence he was spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
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MRC now in position to purchase Hampden recycling, waste-to-energy facility
The Municipal Review Committee announced Wednesday that no qualified bidders have come forward to buy the defunct Coastal Resources of Maine plant, which means the MRC is now poised to take ownership of it for $1.5 million.
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Waterville Board of Education votes to hire an assistant superintendent
The board on Monday also took the first of two required votes to approve a proposed $28.6 million school budget for 2022-23.
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Maine International Film Festival in Waterville to honor actor Debra Winger
Winger, known for acclaimed performances in films such as “A Dangerous Woman” and “Terms of Endearment,” will be honored with the Mid-Life Achievement Award July 15 at the 25th annual festival.
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‘It’s hard to give it up, but I don’t want it to get into the wrong hands,’ says gun owner at Waterville’s ‘gun giveback’ event
The Waterville Police Department teamed up with the Maine Gun Safety Coalition on Saturday to accept firearms and ammunition from people who wanted to safely dispose of them.
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Albion votes to explore leaving Fairfield-area school district
At a special Town Meeting election Friday, residents voted 184-23 to support leaving Maine School Administrative District 49.
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Amy Calder: Skowhegan conservation effort a lesson in preserving lands and legacies
Organizations like Somerset Woods Trustees, which acquire, maintain and manage land of natural or cultural significance for the benefit of the public, are to be lauded, Amy Calder writes.
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103 Waterville seniors receive diplomas in ceremony at Colby College
The seniors graduated Thursday from Waterville Senior High School in a ceremony held at the new Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center on the Colby campus.