Residents buy the purple bags retail and leave their trash at the curb along with a separate recycling container, and the city picks up both in a dual packer truck.
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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Trash bag contract renewal, airport truck and land lease on Waterville council agenda
Councilors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday to also consider taking a final vote to allow outdoor dining for 18 Below on Silver Street.
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Waterville’s First Baptist Church shares its history, heritage with a Sunday tea party and tour
The church on Park Street whose former pastor was “America” composer Samuel Francis Smith, is celebrating its 200th birthday this year with events open to the public.
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Maine native brings short film “Elysia” to international film festival
Recent NYU grad Noah LePage wrote and directed the film, which he shot in the woods behind his New Sharon home.
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Burnham woman dies following Palmyra crash
Chief deputy James F. Ross said Helen Hunt, 58, may have suffered a medical event just prior to the accident early Saturday on Estes Avenue.
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Norridgewock fire destroys 74-year-old woman’s home
Fire Chief David Jones said he had never seen so much fire travel so quickly through a breezeway, garage and house.
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Maine International Film Festival to open Friday with ‘The Bookshop’
The 21st annual festival is expected to draw 10,000 film enthusiasts to Waterville from around the world during its 10-day run.
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Waterville RiverWalk just $56,000 shy of $1.5 million fundraising goal
City receives $100,000 from the Sewall Foundation for the RiverWalk, expected to be completed by Sept. 1, with a dedication scheduled for Oct. 6, at which former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell will speak.
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Anger flares over budget at Waterville Board of Education meeting
Board members call out fellow member Maryanne Bernier for suggesting the budget can be cut after she approved it weeks ago along with the rest of the board.
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Waterville council approves emergency funding for city, schools
Councilor Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday night urged the city and schools to cut $100,000 from their budgets, but resident Tom Ferris called the effort ‘complete politics’ and said the cuts would mean only cents for taxpayers.