Waterville and Maine State police continue to investigate the shooting Saturday of Joseph Tracy. No arrest had been made as of Monday.
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 Board of Education seeks candidates for Ward 5 seat
Those interested in filling the unexpired term of Julian Payne of Ward 5 are asked to send a letter of interest and résumé by June 18 to Superintendent Eric Haley.
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Downtown Waterville street closure planned Sunday night
Part of Front Street in Waterville’s downtown will be closed from 6 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday to allow for a construction company to install drainage in that area.
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D-Day remembrance set for Saturday at Waterville VFW building
Speeches, prayers and the ringing of bells to mark the 76th anniversary of D-Day will be held Saturday evening in the parking lot of the Forest J. Pare Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1285 at 53 Water St. in Waterville.
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March planned Sunday in downtown Waterville for Minneapolis black man killed by police
Former Waterville City Councilor Phil Bofia, a current charter commission member, is organizing a solidarity march that will end at Castonguay Square downtown.
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Skowhegan firefighters extinguish fires in scrap metal yard
The Skowhegan Fire Department on Wednesday also put out two other fires — a blaze that destroyed a rubbish truck and a fire that burned the exterior of an apartment building.
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Waterville council votes to add $1 million bond toward downtown transformation project
Councilors on Tuesday also voted to close part of Silver Street to allow three restaurants extra outdoor dining space and agreed not to open the municipal pool this season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterville City Hall reopens to public after 2-month-plus coronavirus closure
Waterville City Hall, closed to the public since March 15 because of the coronavirus pandemic, reopened officially and is open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Waterville Planning Board delays vote on solar farm requests
The Waterville Planning Board lost its livestream link to its meeting Monday and decided to postpone voting on whether to recommend rezoning properties on County and Webb roads to allow for solar farms.
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Amy Calder: Making it work, during a pandemic
Erica Pelotte bought a restaurant business in downtown Waterville in August and had to close in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, but she has reopened and is working harder than ever to make the eatery successful.