The city has hired Perkins Thompson P.A. to issue an opinion about whether the Planning Board and City Council actions on a request to rezone property to allow an events center.
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.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Atlantic salmon advocates angry about fish they say were injured during Waterville dam repair
Dam owner Brookfield Renewable Partners said in a statement that the company is disappointed by such claims from groups that want dams removed in lower Kennebec River communities.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Parents concerned about Waterville plan to move 4th, 5th graders to new junior high addition
Waterville Public Schools proposes to build an 18,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School that would be separate from the school.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Developer planning for 14-lot subdivision off Lincoln Street in Waterville
Kevin Mattson, a partner in Dirigo Capital Advisors, plans to develop the Waterville subdivision, where he says he will build and sell market-rate houses.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Amy Calder: Every day was father’s day
Her father taught her many things, but one of the most important was how to plant, tend and harvest a vegetable garden, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inMaine
Waterville signs onto Garbage to Garden food waste diversion program for residents
City Council votes 7-0 to spend up to $10,000 to start the program, which will collect food waste weekly from households and leave a clean bucket each week for the waste.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Workers rebuilding downtown Main Street in Waterville ‘from scratch’ as part of $11.2 million project
Crooker Construction of Topsham is rebuilding Main Street downtown, doing a ‘full-depth construction’ that will allow the road to last 100 years or longer.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Sharp words, fear of lawsuits arise as Waterville councilors split over proposed events center
City Councilor and lawyer Claude Francke, D-Ward 6, warned councilors Tuesday that approving the zone change proposed for the Sacred Heart Catholic Church property could prompt a costly lawsuit.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Thorndike man named principal at Waterville Junior High School
Don Roux, 49, has worked in education for 27 years, having served as a middle school principal in Winterport for the past four years.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Waterville City Council to consider zoning change so church building could become events center
The proposal to turn the former Sacred Heart Church property into an events center has sparked backlash from some neighbors who said they worry about disruptions to the neighborhood.