The city had given the center a $27,000 discount for a building expansion permit, stirring a controversy that prompted the center to pay the full amount.
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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Sleet, snow slow commutes in central Maine while crews clean up after weekend storm
Public works crews and area residents remove up to a foot of snow from municipalities Monday, as temperatures and wind chills plunge through Tuesday.
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Report of man loading a handgun at Waterville Walmart a case of mistaken perception
Police learned in their investigation that the man was merely trying to secure his pellet gun that had slipped out of his waistband when his pants fell down.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
District attorney declines to prosecute shooter in Newport case
Marianne Lynch said police did a thorough investigation of the case, but she determined her office could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed.
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Waterville committee recommends increased parking fines
The city’s Parking Study Committee is considering parking changes that will result as part of on going downtown revitalization efforts and implementation of a $7.37 million federal BUILD grant it was awarded.
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Castonguay Square redesign narrowed down to three concepts
About 50 people turned out Wednesday for a final workshop in Waterville to help synthesize what the park in the heart of downtown will look like in the future.
Posted inMaine
Phil Bofia elected to Ward 2 council seat in Waterville
Councilors also voted to take the first of two needed votes to accept a $7.37 million federal grant for downtown revitalization.
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Former Camden bank building being demolished in downtown Waterville
Colby College, which owns the property, plans to build a boutique hotel this year on the lot, with plans to open in 2020.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Greg Bazakas elected to Ward 2 Waterville Board of Education seat
Bazakas, a clinical social worker and therapist, was chosen Monday over one other candidate; Sara Sylvester was re-elected board chairman and Joan Phillips-Sandy was re-elected executive secretary.
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Waterville council to interview five candidates for Ward 2 seat
At Tuesday’s meeting, councilors also will consider taking the first of two needed votes to accept a $7.3 million federal grant for downtown revitalization work.