E. James ‘Jim’ Ferland and Eileen P. Ferland donated the funds in March 2018 to help build the Engineering Education and Design Center, which will be named for the couple.
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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More than 400 turn out for open house at The Elm in Waterville
Waterville businessman Bill Mitchell renovated the former American Legion Hall at 21 College Ave., where live music, celebrations, comedy performances and other events will be held.
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Waterville 9/11 vigil draws 50 people at the RiverWalk
Firefighters, ambulance workers, legislators and others turned out for the 6 p.m. event Wednesday along the Kennebec River to remember those who died 18 years ago in the terrorist attacks.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan man arrested on drug charges after search of home, vehicle
Jason Keaten, 39, is in Somerset County Jail after law enforcement officials searched his home early Wednesday on Hilltop Drive, seizing Fentanyl, drug paraphernalia and cash, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Preliminary plan unveiled for $9.14 million project to improve downtown Waterville
About 100 people turned out Tuesday for a meeting to discuss future downtown improvements, including making Main and Front streets two-way.
Posted inMaine
Waterville Planning Board torpedoes request to rezone property for marijuana store
Tod and Jewel Currie want to sell 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive to Remington Street Properties, which hopes to open an adult-use marijuana store there, but the planning board on Monday voted 4-3 to reject the request to rezone the location to allow the business.
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Amy Calder: The magic of The Lost Kitchen
Amy Calder sings the praises of the farm-to-table eatery in the tiny town of Freedom that has a huge following nationally.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville candidates file petitions to be on November ballot
Multiple people had filed petitions with the city clerk’s office to run for council, school board, charter commission and water district.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Public invited to meeting on $7 million downtown Waterville improvements project
The $7.37 million federal grant will be used for changing one-way traffic on Main and Front streets to two-way, changing and improving intersections, reconfiguring parking and working on loading zone problems.
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Waterville board to consider adult-use marijuana store request near highway interchange
The Planning Board on Monday will consider making a recommendation to the City Council about whether to rezone part of 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive so that an adult-use marijuana store may open there.