Several other street projects will be launched next week on Country Way, Gilman Street and Hazelwood Avenue.
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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Maine colleges embrace diversity despite reports of Trump effort to thwart affirmative action in admissions
In Maine, Colby, Bates and Bowdoin colleges all have race-based admissions policies that are among those the U.S. Supreme Court has said are constitutional.
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Waterville council finalizes $40 million municipal, school budget
The budget includes one education technician III position, security cameras for the high school and a police cruiser.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
25th annual Taste of Waterville opens Wednesday with new locations for The Bite, vendors, beer garden
Thousands expected downtown for a day and evening of live music, dance, food and children’s activities.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville council to consider final vote on proposed $40 million budget
School board wants two ed techs, security cameras for high school to be added to proposal despite City Council’s unanimous OK of the $40 million municipal-school budget last week.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Daughter of Fairfield woman missing for 41 years searches for justice after killer’s death
‘I want people to realize he did do this to her,’ says Honey Rourke, who believes Albert P. Cochran killed her mother, Pauline Rourke, in 1976.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Waterville Democrats nominate former Councilor Erik Thomas to run for mayor
Julian Payne was nominated as the Ward 5 school board candidate.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville council sidesteps school requests, approves $40M budget on 1st vote
Mayor Nick Isgro had warned he would veto it if councilors adopted school board recommendations to include two teacher aides and security cameras for Waterville Senior High School.
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Waterville councilor to keep her seat
Lauren Lessing, who represents Ward 3, was found not to be in violation of the city charter.
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Waterville council to consider vote on municipal, school budgets
Mayor, city manager say the proposal represents a good compromise.