Thomas College’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation is hosting The Roux Institute’s Maine Start Summit Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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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Waterville police investigate drive-by shooting of man and woman early Saturday
A man and woman from Unity told Waterville police that they were each shot in the leg while in their vehicle near Kennedy Memorial Drive after they fled The Concourse following an altercation and assault with two males.
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Reporting Aside: Former sports bar in Waterville becomes ‘a safe space in the storm’
Most communities are fortunate to have one place where people can get a free, hot meal, but the Waterville-Winslow area now has two, Amy Calder writes.
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Oakland voters to decide at annual meeting whether to go to full-time fire operation
The Town Meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Messalonskee High School Performing Arts Center.
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Waterville Planning Board considers proposal to convert vacant building into housing for homeless
Board votes 7-0 Tuesday to recommend the City Council rezone 8 Highwood St., a former office building, to allow for apartments for families and seniors, as well as “crisis housing” for homeless people awaiting permanent housing.
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Waterville board gets look at $12.9 million plans for new Hall School
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday night heard from engineering and other officials on plans for a 32,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School that will be the new Albert S. Hall School for fourth and fifth graders.
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Waterville board to consider rezoning request for former Sacred Heart church property
The Waterville Planning Board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider rezoning a former office building on Highwood Street that the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter wants to use for apartments.
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Retired Winslow firefighter, paper mill worker to receive top chamber award
Edson R. Small Jr. to receive the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 Distinguished Community Service Award at the chamber’s 59th annual awards banquet Thursday at Enchanted Gables in Oakland.
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Amy Calder: The joys of life come with expectation
Having the ability to experience anticipation, no matter how small or simple the wish or want, should be something everyone regularly enjoys, Amy Calder writes.
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Take it slow, drivers: Work crews abound as downtown Waterville road work continues
Some of the most visible work happening this week as part of the $11.92 million project is near the police station at Colby and Fronts streets, and on Main Street, near Post Office Square, where workers are replacing the road.