City officials postponed a discussion of the risks and benefits of such a plan until an executive session next week.
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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Waterville mayor says increasing taxes in budget ‘not an outcome that we can accept’
The preliminary proposed city budget would increase taxes by $2.17 per $1,000, but Mayor Nick Isgro warns in his budget message that “increasing the tax burden at the current time is not an outcome that we can accept.”
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Waterville mall to be expanded for Harbor Freight retail store
Construction of a 6,384-square-foot Pine Tree Mall addition will start soon to make way for a Harbor Freight tools and equipment store, and the nearby former Friendly’s building is likely to house another restaurant soon.
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Waterville’s Thayer Bridge on Gilman Street slated for $1 million overhaul this summer
The bridge over Messalonskee Stream near Waterville Senior High School will be closed to vehicles for about three months starting in June as workers take it down, inspect it and renovate its surface and supports.
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Waterville parking panel seeks solutions to dormitory’s displacement of 90 Concourse spaces
Suggestions include imposing a time limit on more spaces and arranging shuttle trips to and from more far-flung parking options.
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‘Public education is in trouble,’ Waterville school superintendent says at budget forum
Funding cuts in Waterville schools and an expectation that employees work overtime and double time are ‘burning our staff up,’ Eric Haley told a crowd of about 150 people.
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Waterville council postpones vote on leasing parking space to Colby
Colby College officials need more time to “investigate their options for the property,” according to City Manager Michael Roy.
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Construction fence coming soon for Colby dorm project in downtown Waterville
Property abutters learned Tuesday that equipment will start arriving on site within two weeks as a $25 million Colby College residential complex is built on The Concourse.
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Waterville officials, residents, debate budget, possible tax rate increase
Rising costs, less money coming in, changes in state funding point to tax hike residents don’t want.
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Waterville to consider leasing public parking spaces for planned hotel
The City Council on Tuesday will consider leasing 42 of 60 spaces in a city-owned Front Street lot to Colby College for its planned boutique hotel on Main Street downtown.