Rumsey, who has been with the Waterville Police Department for 21 years, will leave in June for the southern Maine position.
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.
Waterville truck accident backs up I-95 traffic for hours
A tractor-trailer jackknifed Thursday morning on the Kennedy Memorial Drive overpass at exit 127, snarling northbound traffic from late morning into the afternoon.
Waterville council backs city’s quest for longer development tax break period
The tax increment financing district is set up for 20 years, and city officials want the state to extend it to 30 years.
Colby College solar project to be among biggest in state
The 5,505-panel, 1.9-megawatt installation eclipses the state’s current largest, at Bowdoin College, and will cover about 16 percent of the Waterville college’s energy needs.
Benton gears up for annual alewife festival
A lobster and alewife dinner, alewife harvesting tours and children’s activities are on tap for May 13 and 14 in a celebration of the little fish that are making a big comeback.
Waterville council OKs tax break for $11 million apartment project in former Seton Hospital
One more council vote is needed to finalize the project’s tax increment financing district.
Inadequate parking, stunted traffic flow in downtown Waterville cited
Business people, residents provide input at fourth of five downtown revitalization meetings.
Waterville council to consider proposed TIF district and plan for former Seton Hospital
Developer Tom Siegel wants to build 50 one- and two-bedroom apartments.
Propane heater possible cause in Benton barn fire
Maine Fuel Board inspectors will review the scene at the site, which housed a licensed marijuana growing operation.
‘Arts hub’ planned for The Center in downtown Waterville
Common Street Arts is set to move to the first floor; and artist, clay and recording studios are planned at the landmark building.