The friends who met while staying at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville share their hopes and sorrows as they dream of a better life, Amy Calder writes.
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 both 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.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Health care providers scramble to help patients of closing Waterville hospital
Northern Light official says most of Inland primary care patients will be able to stay with their provider as the company moves closer to closing its Waterville hospital in June.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville board votes to recommend council rezone Drummond Ave. lots
At least one property owner along the western strip of Drummond Avenue wants his land rezoned from General Industrial to Residential-B so he can develop houses there.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Soup kitchen volunteer: ‘They need compassion’
Judy Cabana, 86, of Waterville, loves volunteering at the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Hospital closure to impact Waterville’s EMS operations, budget, city says
Waterville city councilors and fire Chief Jason Frost discussed the need for more firefighter-paramedics and an extra ambulance on the road full time to help with the impact of Northern Light Inland Hospital’s closure.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville eatery hosts April surprise with tropical-themed fare
Front & Main in the Lockwood Hotel at 9 Main St. is kicking off a special ‘Flamingos & Mint’ tiki-themed culinary dinner experience through Saturday this week.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville council votes to hire interim city manager
The City Council voted Tuesday to hire Cornell Knight to fill the gap after City Manager Bryan Kaenrath leaves May 1 to become city manager in Lewiston and before Waterville hires a new city manager.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Waterville hospital staff reflect on imminent closure, seek new jobs
Employees at Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville say they are worried for their peers and concerned about patients who will lose their health care when the hospital closes.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
Waterville elementary school evacuated after odor detected
The odor was found to have been caused by a furnace malfuction, fire chief said.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest targets Elon Musk, Trump
More than 60 people from around central Maine stood in the snow Saturday at a Tesla charging station off Main Street at Elm Plaza to protest Elon Musk’s gutting of the federal government and firing of thousands of workers.