The panel also decided Tuesday to postpone discussion about whether it is a conflict of interest for school employees to serve on the City Council until lawsuits related to that same topic are resolved.
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 planners reelect Paul Lussier chairman
The Waterville Planning Board on Monday night also voted to approve, with a condition, a request by the Alfond Youth Center to reconfigure vehicle and pedestrian access to its building on North Street.
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Couple to open restaurant, bar, deli, market in downtown Waterville
The Portland Hunt & Alpine Club owners Andrew and Briana Volk are aiming to open Verna’s All Day at the end of the year in the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons at 150 Main St. in downtown Waterville.
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Waterville explores rules for short-term rentals
Waterville has no rules for such businesses, such as Airbnb rentals, but city officials say they are receiving complaints as the short-term rental industry grows locally.
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Amy Calder: Grocery shopping online reaps perks
Ordering groceries online through Hannaford To Go was a seamless process and convenient, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville market worker had hepatitis A while preparing food sold to customers
The Maine Center for Disease Control and state Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry are warning customers who may have purchased food from Joseph’s Market on Front Street from Dec. 27, 2019 to Jan. 9 this year that they may be at risk of being infected.
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Groups seek to boost Waterville area’s digital economy
The Central Maine Growth Council, an economic development organization, was one of 10 entities chosen to take part in a national technical assistance program that helps rural communities create digital economy jobs.
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Waterville City Council rejects sale of tower leases valued at $420,000
Councilors also waive foreclosure of municipal tax liens on 10 mobile homes.
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Confront injustice, Martin Luther King Jr. Day speaker tells Waterville audience
David Deas spoke to and performed for more than 100 people who turned out Monday for the 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast at Spectrum Generation Muskie Center.
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Waterville council to consider selling fire station tower leases
A California company wants to buy two leases the city has with Verizon and T-Mobile for space on the city’s communication tower atop the fire station for 25 years for $420,000.