GHM Insurance on Main Street is putting the word out that, for every person asking for an insurance quote, it will donate $10 to the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, Humane Society Waterville Area, Spectrum Meals on Wheels or the Boys & Girls Club meals program, with the caller designating which charity the money will go to.
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 schools to stay closed until at least April 27
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday voted 6-1 to extend school closure to April 27.
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Waterville scrambles to meet public meeting laws
The COVID-19 subcommittee met again Monday and discussed how to move forward in light of the fact that the city has no provision in its charter to allow for it to make big decisions in emergencies.
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Waterville Emergency Operations Center in full swing
Waterville is responding to the coronavirus pandemic in an organized way, following the model of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Incident Management System.
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Large churches use technology to connect with parishioners
Centerpoint Community Church in Waterville offers virtual Sunday services and other livestreamed events during the week so parishioners and others may still feel connected during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterville city councilor stuck in Cape Verde Islands
Councilor Flavia Oliveira, D-Ward 2, went to the island of Sal on March 3 to visit her family and was planning to stay 10 days, but was prohibited from returning to the U.S. because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Portland Pie in Waterville offering takeout, delivery
Owner Patrick Mulligan said he had to lay off workers, but those who remain are grateful for customers who order takeout and delivery.
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Waterville council wants to keep coronavirus-response panel’s meetings secret, barred from public
The City Council voted 5-1 to amend the number of councilors on the subcommittee and make it an advisory-only panel, as a way of circumventing Maine’s open meetings law and barring the public.
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Amy Calder: The ‘new normal’: Working from home
Being confined to a home office has its challenges, but in the long run, it presents opportunities, Amy Calder writes.
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City Solicitor: Waterville coronavirus panel illegally met in secret, made unlawful decisions
City Solicitor William A. Lee III issued a memo to city officials Thursday saying holding subcommittee coronavirus meetings in private is illegal, and the panel does not have the authority to make certain decisions.