Voters approve all 45 warrant articles, including building an ice rink at the Anson Town Office.
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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St. Albans approves $1.34 million budget at annual Town Meeting
About 40 voters turned out for Saturday’s meeting, approving all 45 warrant articles in an hour and 15 minutes.
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Two women injured in Rome snowmobile crash
The women were taken Friday night to MaineGeneral’s Alfond Center for Health in Augusta where they spent the night and one was released Saturday morning.
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Amy Calder: A little thank you can go a long way
Volunteers at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Waterville have been making bag lunches for school staff and bus drivers as a way to thank them for their work during the pandemic, Amy Calder writes.
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Bridge connecting Waterville and Winslow to remain open during construction
Officials in both communities sought to close the Ticonic Bridge to traffic, in part to speed up the construction timeline, but Maine Department of Transportation says it plans to keep it open to vehicles.
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Waterville holds demonstration on removal of browntail moth nests
Waterville reportedly has more than 500 properties or individual trees in need of treatment for the invasive species, which can cause severe rashes and respiratory problems in humans and destroy trees.
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Increased construction costs stall Waterville mill redevelopment project
The rising costs on the more than $20 million project have jeopardized the financing needed to transform the former Lockwood Mill into residential and commercial space.
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Waterville Board of Education votes to hire group to help with superintendent search
Maine School Management Association of Augusta to help city with search for successor to Eric Haley, who plans to retire this year.
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Waterville council to consider several rezoning requests
The City Council on Tuesday will review the rezoning proposals for land off College Avenue and North Street.
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Browntail moth workshop set for Wednesday in Waterville
City Councilor Thomas Klepach, D-Ward 3, to demonstrate how to remove browntail moth nests from trees and dispose of them properly, at workshop outside the Waterville Public Library.