The work will include converting one-way traffic to two-way on Main and Front streets downtown, improving sidewalks and pedestrian walkways, reconfiguring parking and installing traffic signals and new lighting.
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: Restoration of Medal of Honor recipient’s gravestone a job well done
With help from volunteers, Joe Ferrannini helped preserve not only the gravestone of Civil War veteran Frank W. Haskell, who was awarded the Medal of Honor, but also several of his family members’ stones Sunday in Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville.
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Immigrant family says Waterville Planning Board member told them they’re not welcome in her ‘white’ neighborhood
Catherine Weeks has called city police on her Iraqi-born neighbors, who allege in court documents that she tells them they are not welcome in her white, American neighborhood — charges that Weeks denies.
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Waterville City Council expected to vote on ambulance plan, manager search committee
Councilors are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mid-Day Cafe at Mid-Maine Technical Center at Waterville Senior High School.
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Colby College prepares its $10 million health plan as 2,060 students are set to arrive
Colby President David Greene said the comprehensive plan for students, staff and faculty requires rigorous testing for COVID-19, as the Waterville college returns to in-person instruction amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amy Calder: A serendipitous gravestone matter
A gravestone conservator from New York just happened to be working in a cemetery in Sidney when he learned about efforts to fix a neglected Civil War veteran’s stone in Waterville.
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Historic Lombard log hauler moved to more visible spot at Waterville museum
The Lombard log hauler that was in a poor location off Front Street is now in the spotlight on the grounds of the Waterville Historical Society’s Redington Museum on Silver Street.
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Somerset jail inmate charged with smuggling drugs through mail
A Searsport woman allegedly mailed a Somerset County Jail inmate Suboxone strips inside packages made to look like they came from his attorney, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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Waterville council eyes proposed ambulance agreement with Delta
Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler told councilors Tuesday that the plan could generate $194,000 in revenues for the fire department during phase one and $525,000 in phase two.
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Waterville Board of Education cuts school resource officer from budget
The board on Monday also voted unanimously for students to start Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day, with teachers starting two weeks before that.