29 cats, 27 kittens, 10 dogs find loving homes, director says.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, โReporting Aside,โ 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.
Roots run deep in central Maine for descendants of Nigerian prince
Ahmad Adeyemi Aloya has vacationed in Belgrade most summers over the last 30 years and continues to discover new information about his grandfather, John J. McAuley, writes Amy Calder.
China Village Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief dies in Searsmont crash
George Studley, a former chief, served the department for more than 50 years.
Twenty Colby family members attend reunion at namesake college
The family has had many reunions, but this is the first at the Waterville college named after Gardner Colby.
Waterville Board of Education approves school budget in rubber stamp vote
Superintendent Eric Haley also discusses study on whether to disband AOS 92.
Waterville shelter to take part in national adoption event this weekend
Animals will be adopted out at reduced prices and for some pets, the adoption fee will be waived.
Waterville Legion building under contract for sale, displacing city polling place
The Children’s Discovery Museum of Augusta is said to be moving to the College Avenue building under a sale slated to close in October.
Waterville council to consider purchase of fuel island, underground storage tanks
The $191,197 contract proposal would create a new fuel island and underground storage tanks at the Public Works and Parks and Recreation Department complex on Wentworth Court.
Waterville Planning Board to consider commercial building, credit union branch construction Monday
The board also expects to talk about a plan for a Muskie Center parking lot expansion.
Salvation Army store in Waterville to close Sept. 26 because of rising costs, declining sales
The organization will open a social services office in the city’s downtown for people in need.