Hearings for 75 people whose votes are being challenged will be scheduled, as opponents of the plastic bag ban referendum result have filed a letter stating a more specific basis to throw out ballots.
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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Unity voters to consider increased trash bag sticker, tipping fees
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Waterville council takes first vote to adopt marijuana ordinance
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Waterville City Council certifies results of plastic bag referendum
What comes next depends on whether an appeal is made by those who challenged the votes of 75 people, mostly those of Colby College students.
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Waterville’s Castonguay Square redesign concept to include walkways, gardens, plaza, green space
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Judge grants extension for serving father of Ayla Reynolds in wrongful-death suit
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Waterville council votes to certify plastic bag ban results
The bag ban vote challenge has cost the city about $9,500 in legal fees and could cost another $5,000 to $10,000, according to an attorney representing the city solicitor’s office.
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Car hits ice, crashes into Colby College shuttle bus
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Castonguay Square final redesign concept to be presented
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Amy Calder: Niece honors aunt who died in Norridgewock domestic violence
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