Rome Budget Committee member Richard LaBelle, who is running for first selectman, disputed the town clerk’s decision to put Heather Lynn Briggs’ name on the ballot for second selectman as “Heather Hawes Briggs.”
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 Planning Board delays action on mobile home park expansion
Residents of Village Green Mobile Home Park off West River Road complained to the board about maintenance problems in their park and said they feared the problem will worsen with 65 more mobile homes.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider 65-unit mobile home park
The board on Monday is also expected to consider a request to rezone properties on Park Street to allow a hairdressing business to move to the former site of Redington Funeral Home.
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Amy Calder: Ideas around the office for new Skowhegan mascot
As Monday’s deadline looms for submitting suggested names for Skowhegan’s new mascot, columnist Amy Calder weighs in with her own recommendation.
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Youths at Waterville South End Teen Center making a difference
Besides receiving academic help, learning life skills and taking part in all sorts of activities, Teen Center members volunteer in community service projects.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Four arrested at Waterville motel in drug-related case
Learning that a man and woman who were not supposed to have contact with each other were in a motel room on Kennedy Memorial Drive early Tuesday, police knocked on the door and found them, another man and woman who were not to have contact with each other, and drugs.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Three sentenced for Somerset County crimes
Timmy Smith of Madison pleaded guilty to trafficking in fentanyl; Robert Smith of St. Albans was sentenced for unlawful sexual contact with a child under 12; Robert Tucker pleaded guilty to multiple burglaries and thefts.
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Workers repair Waterville water main break off Kennedy Memorial Drive
Water service was restored late Tuesday to businesses in Shaw’s Plaza and those on Kennedy Memorial Drive after workers repaired a 12-inch water main break at the entrance to the plaza that was reported around noon.
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Waterville police Officer Timothy Hinton, dispatchers honored
Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey presented Officer Timothy Hinton with the Police Department’s Medal of Valor on Tuesday for his work during a high-speed chase Dec. 22, 2019, in which Hinton was shot twice.
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Waterville businesses without water as crews work to fix main break
The water main break at the entrance to Shaw’s Plaza off Kennedy Memorial Drive occurred around noon and crews shut off water service at 4 p.m. and it is expected to be off for at least several hours.