The council on Tuesday will also discuss buying cardiac monitors for the Fire Department and authorizing Waterville Creates! to replace and relocate the sky-walk between 93 Main St. and City Hall.
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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Amy Calder: The holiday table is best with home-grown food
There’s nothing like being able to serve home-grown vegetables at Thanksgiving, Amy Calder writes.
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Anson man arrested in stabbing; victim in ‘critical condition’
Dustyn Everett Merrill, 35, of Anson, was charged with aggravated assault for stabbing James Andrew Tucci, 34, also of Anson, during an altercation late Saturday, according to Somerset County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Michael Mitchell.
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Hundreds gather to honor Winslow fire captain
Fire and law enforcement officials from across the state gathered at Centerpoint Community Church in Waterville to honor Winslow fire Capt. Scott Higgins who died Monday at 49.
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Waterville gearing up for Parade of Lights, Kringleville
The annual holiday parade and opening of Kringleville, the mini Santa’s village, will kick off Nov. 29, the day after Thanksgiving, with Santa lighting the giant evergreen tree in its new location at Head of Falls after the parade.
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Brown House Commons apartments unveiled in Waterville
The former Goudreau’s Retirement Inn on College Avenue is being transformed into 27 apartment units, 80% of which are for those 55 and older.
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Amy Calder: At 96, U.S. Navy veteran Clara Gilbert reflects
Gilbert, of Skowhegan, served in the Bureau of Navy Personnel in Arlington, Virginia, from 1943 to 1945.
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Waterville seeks three appointees to Charter Commission
Anyone interested in serving on the city’s Charter Commission is asked to send a letter of interest to the city clerk by Nov. 27, according to City Solicitor William A. Lee III, who said the council will appoint three new members on Dec. 3.
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Couple charged in Madison drug bust scheduled for court
Timmy Smith was arrested Wednesday and his wife, Danielle Smith, was summoned, after officials from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office searched their home and seized fentanyl, according to Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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Waterville council postpones voting on ambulance issue
Councilors vote to postpone deciding whether to override Mayor Nick Isgro’s veto of a vote to buy two used ambulances for $131,000 until Nov. 19.