The City Council will hold a public hearing on the Rescue Plan Act funds at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Elm at 21 College Ave.
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: Thankful for the vaccines
Amy Calder questions why people rage against getting inoculated when vaccinations against polio, smallpox, COVID-19 and other illnesses save lives.
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Waterville man arrested after shot fired on residential street
John Rastrom, 28, of 72 Yeaton St., was charged Tuesday with multiple charges. Authorities say another person fired the gun and had acted in self-defense.
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Person taken into custody after shot fired in Waterville
No one was injured Tuesday afternoon when a gun was fired near Kennedy Memorial Drive and Northern Light Inland Hospital, police say.
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Waterville Opera House schedules full season, to include COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols
Patrons will have to show proof of vaccination or have a negative COVID-19 test prior to attending a show at the Waterville Opera House.
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Waterville advertises for full-time city planner amid continuing development boom
Ann Beverage has been the city planner 33 years but her position was cut from from full- to part-time in 2015, and she plans to apply for the new position.
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Amy Calder: When friends become family
A two-week visit to Maine in 1996 as part of the Fresh Air Fund program turned into a lifetime connection between Joey Molina, now 34, and his host family, David and Jeanine Deas of Waterville.
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Crews respond to large diesel fuel spill at gas station in Liberty
About 50 gallons of diesel fuel reportedly spilled at the Circle K at 489 Belfast Augusta Road in Liberty.
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Emergency workers revive drug overdose victim along Waterville road amid uptick in cases
Waterville Fire Chief Shawn Esler said emergency workers have administered 18 doses of Narcan to overdose victims this year so far, whereas last year, they administered a total of 13 for the total year.
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Waterville City Council to discuss spending $1.67 million in pandemic recovery funds
The council discussion comes as about $502 million is being made available to Maine municipalities and counties through the American Rescue Plan Act.