Seventy people applied for the Waterville city manager’s position and the number has been whittled down to six, according to City Manager Michael Roy.
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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Waterville City Council moves toward banning overnight, on-street winter parking
Councilors vote to prohibit vehicles from parking on most streets from midnight to 6 a.m. during the winter months, making it easier and safer for city trucks to plow. The council must hold a final vote to finalize the change.
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Cathy Weeks resigns from Waterville Planning Board following court harassment order
Weeks resigned Wednesday, a day after a Waterville District Court judge awarded her Iraqi-born neighbor a protection from harassment order against her.
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Democrat Jay Coelho elected Waterville mayor, defeats opponent Phil Bofia
Democrat challenger Rebecca Green defeated Republican incumbent Sydney Mayhew for the Ward 4 seat on the City Council.
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Judge grants order against Waterville Planning Board member in harassment case with immigrant neighbor
District Court Judge Charles Dow on Tuesday approved a request by Falah Waheeb for a protection from harassment order against his neighbor Cathy Weeks.
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Central Mainers cast ballots in record numbers during historic election
Long lines greeted voters across central Maine on Tuesday morning, with some people waiting more than an hour in freezing temperatures and light snowfall.
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Neighbor testifies Cathy Weeks called neighbors ‘radical Muslims’ in Waterville case
Weeks, a member of the Waterville Planning Board, denied she tried to interfere with the sale of a house to Falah Waheeb because he is Muslim in a protection from harassment hearing Monday.
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Waterville City Council to consider winter ban on on-street, overnight parking
The council meeting this week is scheduled for Wednesday night — instead of Tuesday — because of Election Day.
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Evening Sandwich Program in Waterville restarts on Tuesdays and Fridays
The Universalist Unitarian Church on Silver Street is resuming its Evening Sandwich Program this week on a limited basis after closing temporarily in March and June due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amy Calder: Post election, show respect
As Americans, we are part of the same team, despite our divisions, Amy Calder writes.