The board reduced proposed expenditures and increased revenue from an original proposed budget of $21.4 million.
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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AOS 92 superintendent tells school board to expect bloodletting
To meet expectation of Waterville mayor, school district will lose services.
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Russians from Waterville’s sister city to visit
A delegation from Kotlas will connect with members of the Waterville-Kotlas Sister City Connection, which was founded in 1990.
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Waterville council postpones vote on $37.8 million budget
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Waterville votes to keep pay-as-you-throw trash program
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Waterville transient arrested after chase, charged with purse-snatching
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