Raymond Ellis, Jr. was stopped by a Waterville police Monday night for driving with his headlights off and was arrested for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
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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Gas explosion, murder, firefighter deaths, school controversies some of Waterville area’s top stories in 2019
The sentencing of John Williams to life in prison for the shooting death of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy, the murder of a mother and a fatal propane explosion in Farmington were some of the major Morning Sentinel stories of the year.
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Reporting Aside: Saving lives, one person at a time
The Waterville Police Department’s Operation HOPE program helps people addicted to opioids get into treatment facilities, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville’s The Elm to host New Year’s Eve gala with the Al Corey Big Band
The event center at 21 College Ave. is one of the new venues developed by businessman Bill Mitchell as part of downtown revitalization efforts.
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Waterville installing 1,492 new LED streetlights citywide
Waterville officials expect the city will save $250,000 annually, or about 75% of its annual energy cost, with the new lights.
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Waterville council approves Concourse redesign that adds 76 parking spaces
City councilors also voted Tuesday to approve a zoning ordinance amendment that allows churches in the commercial zone, enabling a church to rent space at the former Boys & Girls Club building at 6 Main Place.
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Waterville Planning Board recommends zone change to allow for church
The Planning Board voted to recommend the city’s zoning ordinance to allow churches in commercial zones so the First Congregational United Church of Christ can move to the former Boys & Girls Club building.
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Waterville City Council to consider redesign of The Concourse
The council on Tuesday also will consider appointing Robert Neal Patterson to the Planning Board and amending the lease with Airlink Academy at the city-owned Robert A. LaFleur Municipal Airport.
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Emotions ‘running really high’ 8 years later as mother of Ayla Reynolds pushes court case
Ayla Bell Reynolds was reported missing by her father, Justin DiPietro, from their Waterville home on Dec. 17, 2011, and her mother, Trista Reynolds, continues to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against DiPietro.
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Amy Calder: ‘Bicycle man’ working to help people
Douglas Whitney, 50, of Waterville, corrals and fixes stray bicycles, then sells or donates them to people who don’t have one, writes Amy Calder.