City Manager Michael Roy plans to ask city councilors Tuesday to approve spending $1 million in unexpected costs for the downtown BUILD project.
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: Living creatively, in a pandemic
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is how to be creative and never give up, writes Amy Calder.
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Waterville Senior High School graduation will go on, with ingenuity
Central Maine Motors Auto Group owners Chris and Linanne Gaunce are working with school officials to help plan an in-person graduation that is both creative and safe during the pandemic.
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Waterville City Council rejects sending letter to Mills, but mayor says he will do it anyway
Four of seven councilors opposed signing a letter by Mayor Nick Isgro and Councilor Rick Foss, R-Ward 5, offering to help the governor in allowing more businesses to open safely.
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Payne to resign from Waterville school board, but will remain on charter commission
Julian Payne, a member of both the Waterville Board of Education and Waterville Charter Commission, has bought a home in Cornville and plans to resign from the school board in two weeks but stay on the Charter Commission.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Times Record
Children’s Discovery Museum to close Augusta location, focus on Waterville
The museum, which offers exhibits and activities to ignite the curiosity of children and celebrate learning through play, plans to buy the First Congregational United Church of Christ at 7 Eustis Parkway in Waterville.
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Some retailers in Waterville area open Monday, others are making preparations
Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday that retailers could open to in-store customers if stores followed strict guidelines.
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Waterville mayor, councilor face opposition to sending letter to Mills
At least two councilors say they will not sign a letter Mayor Nick Isgro and Councilor Rick Foss, R-Ward 5, want to send to Gov. Mills, offering to help determine how to safely open more businesses.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Four arrested, suspect at large after motorcycle chase in Canaan, Pittsfield
Deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and a wrecker driver were allegedly punched by family members of a motorcyclist who led a deputy sheriff on a high-speed chase Sunday night through Canaan and Pittsfield.
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Amy Calder: Students spend emotional last moments before leaving school for good
Fifth graders, teachers get a last look at each other at the Albert S. Hall School in Waterville as students pick up their belongings and move on to the junior high next year.