Emily Coates, 20, and Jessica Verrill, 42, were on a mission Wednesday to make a co-worker’s day a bit happier during a difficult time, Amy Calder writes.
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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Water main break in Waterville floods downtown business basements
The water main break on Appleton Street occurred just after 4:30 p.m. and caused flooding to basements in businesses on The Concourse.
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Waterville Emergency Operations Center trims hours, but there to assist in pandemic
The center, set up to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, is made up of seven city officials who will work mostly from their regular offices but can return to the center at a moment’s notice, according to the center’s incident commander, Joseph Massey.
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Fire marshal calls Canaan fire ‘arson’
The fire reported at 2:40 a.m. Monday destroyed a vacant building which formerly was a restaurant and then pawn shop at the corner of Main Street and Oak Pond Road.
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Maine Forest Service rangers help investigate Waterville fire
The Forest Service was called in to help investigate the cause of a fire at 13 Morrill Ave. in Waterville that heavily damaged the building Tuesday and displaced 14 tenants.
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Waterville City Council ends municipal trash collection at mobile home parks
The council on Tuesday also voted to refer to the Planning Board a request to amend the zoning ordinance to create a new zone called “Solar Farm Zone.”
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Monday morning fire ravages unoccupied building on Oak Pond Road in Canaan
The Office of State Fire Marshal is investigating the fire at a former pawn shop that drew firefighting crews from nine communities.
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Fire, smoke damage three-story apartment building in Waterville
Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler said later Tuesday that he is recommending first-floor tenant Aaron Brunelle for a life-saving award because he got tenants out, including three children and a dog on the third floor.
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Water main replacement begins this week in downtown Waterville
Water mains that are more than 100 years old will be replaced on several streets downtown as part of a $2.7 million project being launched by the Kennebec Water District.
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Waterville to consider discontinuing trash pick up at mobile home parks
The City Council on Tuesday also plan to consider taking a final vote to approve a municipal partnership agreement with the state to add a left-hand turn from Main Street onto Waterville Commons Drive.