Officers on bicycles can see things, make contacts, that those in cruisers might not, police Chief Joseph Massey says.
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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Toast Xpress closes in Waterville
Breakfast, lunch eatery at Railroad Square open only 10 months
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Waterville planners approve Seton and Mount Merici housing projects
The board also gave its OK to three new athletic fields for Colby College.
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Waterville council to consider emergency measure to fund city operations
With the $38 million municipal and school budget suspended, there’s a question whether the city can spend money, and the council may consider an emergency measure next Monday.
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Waterville won’t postpone revaluation and won’t make money from it, officials say
The revaluation, which is one reason some residents’ tax bills are going up, is the first in 24 years and more evenly spreads the tax burden among property owners, city officials said Friday.
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Waterville planners to review Seton, Mount Merici convent developments
The board Monday will also consider a final plan by Colby College to build three new athletic fields near the Alfond athletic center.
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Police identify suspect in Waterville cemetery arson fires
An officer will investigate after fires were set in St. Francis and Pine Grove cemeteries in the city’s South End Wednesday, and an arrest could result in a Class A felony charge, the deputy police chief said.
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Two Waterville cemetery fires believed to have been set
Police are looking for someone firefighters think set a brush fire Thursday afternoon in St. Francis Cemetery and another in adjacent Pine Grove Cemetery, both in the South End.
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Four buildings owned by Colby to be torn down as part of downtown Waterville revitalization
The former Levine’s building and those across Main Street from it will be razed by fall, and the Hains building will undergo major renovation.
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Waterville woman charged with stabbing Moor Street neighbor
Three others were charged in a separate, but related, assault at the same South End address in Waterville Tuesday night, police said.