A horse stepped on a cesspool cover off Brown Road in Harmony Tuesday and went into about 8 feet of water but died before it could be rescued.
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 council votes to suspend plastic bag ordinance
Councilors also got an update from City Manager Michael Roy about how the coronavirus situation is likely to affect the proposed 2020-21 municipal budget.
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MaineGeneral announces first coronavirus-related death at Augusta hospital
Meanwhile, of 4,500 employees in the MaineGeneral Health system, about 140 are expected to be working from home, once software is set up for them to do so.
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City budget review, bag ban suspension on Waterville agenda
The Waterville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday to review an updated preliminary city budget whose numbers look a lot different than they did two weeks ago because of changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amy Calder: Coronavirus outbreak brings new reality of living in fear
While journalists may be fearful during times like this, it’s the first responders who really are on the front lines and facing the greatest danger, columnist Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville council votes to disband COVID-19 panel
The City Council on Thursday also voted to allow the mayor, or the council chairman, in the absence of the mayor, to call council meetings with 24-hour notice.
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Coronavirus testing site operating in Waterville
Northern Light Inland Hospital operates its Medical Screening Site in the parking lot of Faith Evangelical Free Church from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday this week, with hours to possibly change next week.
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Waterville council to consider dissolving coronavirus committee after legal hiccups
The City Council at a special meeting Thursday will consider disbanding a subcommittee that had been meeting illegally and instead authorize the city manager to spend up to $150,000 on coronavirus-related emergency needs.
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Older and at-risk Hannaford shoppers take advantage of early hours in Waterville
Hannaford stores are open from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the coronavirus pandemic as a service to shoppers 60 and older, as well as those identified by the Centers for Disease Control as at-risk.
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Central Maine family making face masks for those in need during pandemic
Three women in the Lachance family create face masks to help protect those in need during the coronavirus pandemic.