The store at 180 JFK Plaza off Kennedy Memorial Drive is one of hundreds of Joann stores slated to close.
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.
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Skowhegan mom, daughter fear deportation
Reporting Aside: The duo fled Venezuela and entered the U.S. legally, now they fear being deported as they wait for a court hearing, Amy Calder writes.
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First Church of Waterville files federal lawsuit against the city
Church leaders say the city has stymied its religious land use by failing to let it remove two buildings from its property.
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Church zoning change delayed again in Waterville
City councilors were set to take a final vote Tuesday night to allow demolition of two buildings, but instead decided to send the proposal back to the Planning Board.
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Fire that destroyed Unity flower shop, home believed to have been caused by cat
The fire reported at 6:51 a.m. Saturday on Depot Street drew firefighters from 12 towns, according to a fire official.
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China Lake Provisions offers locally sourced food, gifts, hot pizza
The new store in China Village celebrated its grand opening this weekend.
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Family displaced when fire, smoke and water cause extensive damage to Madison home
Officials said a wiring malfunction caused the blaze at 24 Rowell St., where a couple and six children were living.
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Renys set to open Waterville store in April; job fair set for Friday
The new store at Elm Plaza on upper Main Street is at the space that housed JCPenney until late last year.
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Northern Light Health announces plan to move several outpatient services to Waterville
The services are to be relocated over the next several months to the Inland Hospital campus on Kennedy Memorial Drive, officials said.
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Those ‘goody, goody gumdrops’ aren’t easy to find in Maine
Reporting Aside: Feb. 15 is National Gumdrop Day. But where are the celebrated candies?, Amy Calder writes.