Colby College and Waterville Creates! have raised $8 million toward the $18 million to 20 million project that is expected to add to downtown developments that make the city a destination place.
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.
Posted inMaine, Town Government
Cornville voters at Town Meeting approve municipal budget of about $500,000
Residents on Friday re-elected all incumbent candidates, including a selectman, a road commissioner, a town clerk, a tax collector, a treasurer and a school board member.
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David LaFountain, chief of both Waterville, Winslow fire departments, to retire in June
At 61, he will be leaving firefighting after nearly 40 years of service.
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LePage’s bill to protect elderly facing tax lien foreclosure stripped
An amendment to the bill simplifies the language, but drops the age 65 provision, language defining the selling price, and the provision that what remains after taxes and fees goes to the homeowner.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Waterville planners approve revisions to Alfond Center plans
A $6.12 million family wellness program will be developed in the building as part of renovations.
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Waterville planners to review Alfond Youth Center plans
The Planning Board on Monday also will consider requests for revisions to credit union plans.
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Bomb scare causes evacuation of Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers in Waterville
City police search buildings on campus as children and parents follow safety protocol.
Posted inMaine
Waterville councilor Nick Champagne resigns seat to become city engineer
Also, the City Council has approved a compromise that keeps the farmers market on Common Street next year and OKs TIF funds for amenities including Riverwalk.
Posted inMaine
Waterville resident Lexius Saint Martin deported to Haiti
The family’s lawyer said a private legislative bill or broader immigration bill could bring him back to the U.S.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Committee tables LePage bill to prevent tax lien foreclosure on elderly
Gov. Paul LePage initiated L.D. 1629, An Act to Protect the Elderly from Tax Lien Foreclosures, after Richard and Leonette Sukeforth, an elderly couple from Albion, were foreclosed on and evicted from their home on Lovejoy Pond before the town sold it for $6,500.