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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: Vote early as the line and wait on Election Day may be long
With a big presidential election coming up Nov. 3, coupled with challenges created by the pandemic, voting will be different this year, but we have to face them head on and vote, Amy Calder writes.
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City Council OKs Waterville’s membership in U.S. Conference of Mayors, benefitting land trust housing
The Waterville Community Land Trust was successful in requesting the city spend $2,000 so Waterville can become a member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, allowing the nonprofit land trust to apply for grants for affordable housing for families.
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State police, sheriff’s office investigate Anson man’s death
Dwain Libby, 52, of West Mills Road was found apparently ill and incoherent at his home Monday and died later that night at a Portland hospital.
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Waterville council approves leasing land to Alfond Youth for ice skating rink
The indoor rink is estimated to cost more than $4 million, and the Alfond Youth & Community Center will raise funds to build it next to the municipal pool on North Street.
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Waterville board approves $80 million Colby performing arts center plans
The Waterville Planning Board on Monday approved the 74,000-square-foot center, with several conditions.
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Demonstrators say ‘Weeks Must Go!’ over Waterville Planning Board member’s alleged racist comments
About 15 people stood outside the Waterville Planning Board meeting Monday night, some holding signs, asking that board member Catherine Weeks resign over allegations she made racist comments to her Iraqi-born neighbors.
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Waterville council to consider leasing land for a $4 million-plus skating rink
The Alfond Youth & Community Center plans to raise funds for the indoor, one-season hockey and recreational skating facility, and is asking the City Council if it would support leasing city-owned property for the rink.
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Amy Calder: Adieu, beloved loons
It’s tough, saying ‘good-bye’ to loons when camp season ends, columnist Amy Calder writes.
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Bridge connecting Waterville, Winslow to be replaced for $40.5 million
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday the Maine Department of Transportation will receive $25 million from a federal BUILD grant to help with the $40.5 million cost to replace the Ticonic Bridge.