131 seniors graduate in packed Wadsworth Gymnasium at Colby College
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 council sends rezoning request for former convent to Planning Board
Waterville Housing Authority wants to turn the building into apartments for low-income seniors
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Waterville’s Purnell-Wrigley field project gets Planning Board OK
The board also voted at Monday’s meeting to recommend marijuana activity restrictions to the City Council.
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Support for two-way traffic, diagonal parking downtown theme of Waterville meetings
Final Waterville downtown revitalization session held at Hathaway Creative Center.
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Former Ursuline convent on Waterville council agenda
Rezoning is needed to turn the Western Avenue building that was once part of the Mount Merici Convent and Academy into senior housing.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider Seton property apartment plan
The board on Monday also will consider plans for Purnell-Wrigley field and hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would regulate medical marijuana operations in the city.
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Waterville Creates! has big summer planned, despite loss of Nate Rudy
Summer concert series, move to ‘arts hub’ in The Center, are just some of the things the arts and cultural advocacy group has planned.
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Waterville forum Monday to summarize downtown revitalization talks
City officials, Colby College and consultants will host the meeting, and are encouraging the public to attend.
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Perceived threat by conspiracy theorist spurs Waterville area school lockout
Schools in Waterville, Winslow and Fairfield were closed to the public after a statement from a man who’s been ‘hounding’ school officials about the Don Reiter and Purge of Maine cases.
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Kennebec County district attorney reviewing Colby College arson case
The state fire marshal said after the May 22 fire that arson charges may be brought against at least two students, and the Waterville fire chief agreed Wednesday charges are needed.