Councilors voted 4-3 in favor of rezoning the property but didn’t get the two-thirds majority needed to pass the proposal.
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 councilors changing tone on car wash rezoning
A sharp war of words between Mayor Nick Isgro and the Planning Board has been softened by some councilors, who vote on rezoning the parcel on Tuesday, .
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Former Waterville Weathervane, Lucien’s Car Wash sites may be developed
Marden’s owns both Kennedy Memorial Drive sites and plans to raze the old car wash building and seek tenants to develop a businesses or businesses there.
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No cause yet in July fire in Waterville
A fundraiser is planned for the five-member family displaced by the Silver Street fire.
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Hebron teen injured in Interstate 95 rollover in Sidney
Police said Elizabeth Pratt, of Hebron, might have been reaching for or using her cellphone at the time of the crash.
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Waterville mayor apologizes to Planning Board for tweets, newspaper comments
Nick Isgro said he sent handwritten notes of apology to board members after calling them inept on Twitter and cowardly in a newspaper article after they took no action on a car wash site plan.
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New Waterville Opera House director resigns abruptly
Catherine Palmer, who started July 1, will be finished Friday, leaving because ‘the job was not the right fit,’ according to the chairman of the board of directors.
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National Endowment for the Arts chairman praises Waterville’s cultural, arts collaboration
Jane Chu visited the city’s Railroad Square Cinema, which benefited from an NEA grant, on Tuesday.
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Waterville mayor slams Planning Board for ‘cowardly’ car wash vote
Nick Isgro said the board’s lack of action on a site plan for the Kennedy Memorial Drive project is cowardly, and he tweeted that the board is indecisive and inept.
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Waterville Planning Board postpones vote on car wash
Members following city solicitor’s recommendation to not vote until City Council has approved or not approved a zoning change to accommodate the project.