State fire official said sparks emitting from the boiler caught part of the building on fire.
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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Fundraising for Waterville’s $1.5 million riverwalk hits halfway mark
A Head of Falls boardwalk, amphitheater, play area and gazebo will be part of the riverwalk project to be completed in September.
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Waterville man charged with trafficking, furnishing drugs
While searching Bradley Dickey’s Butler Court apartment, police found cocaine, fentanyl and cash, the police chief said.
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20th annual Letourneau fishing derby to benefit Spectrum Generations programs
The statewide derby Feb. 18 is a major fundraiser for the Meals on Wheels program, which delivers more than 2,000 meals per week.
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Waterville Council adopts moratorium on retail marijuana sales
The panel also unanimously voted to approve a new ethics ordinance for city officials.
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Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro considering run for governor
The recently re-elected mayor said he is mulling entering the pool of candidates because he has not seen viable candidates so far.
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Waterville council to consider marijuana moratorium, ethics ordinance
With the state moratorium on retail pot sales expiring soon, Waterville would be without the means to regulate the establishment of retail stores.
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Colby’s David A. Greene says Martin Luther King Jr.’s work is ‘hardly done’
About 130 people packed Waterville’s Muskie Center for the 32nd annual MLK breakfast.
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Historic Waterville building remains silent, unused amid nearby improvements
The former Boys and Girls Club on Main Place is expected to draw interest from developers as downtown revitalization efforts progress.
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Two families left homeless after Wilton fire
State fire investigators to help determine the cause of the fire, which appears to have started in a bathroom of the house, according to the fire chief.