The Day of Service drew about 100 participants, including Unity College students, to work on a variety of civic improvement projects.
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.
Posted inMaine, News
Somerset County section of Arnold’s trail opens
After years of work, a group of volunteers has won approval of landowners to provide public access to a 13-mile stretch of the 350-mile route taken by Col. Benedict Arnold to Quebec.
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Posted inMaine
Waterville seeks to raze crumbling apartment house
A public hearing has been scheduled so that the city can demolish a building on Gold Street and send the absentee owner a bill for the cost.
Posted inMaine
Levine building deal falls through in Waterville
The city and the project developer have broken off talks about rehabilitating one of the cornerstones of downtown Waterville.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Waterville man charged soon after Hannaford pharmacy robbery
Police said Brian Monk was recognized inside the store and found in his home shortly after allegedly stealing an undisclosed amount of OxyContin.
Posted inMaine
Waterville seeks pedestrian-friendly downtown passage
The intersection of Main, Spring and Water streets will be studied to make downtown more accessible from the Hathaway Center and the South End.
Posted inMaine, News
Oakland bids adieu to Town Manager Peter Nielsen
Residents questioned the hiring of Gary Bowman as town manager, but the town council has defended its decision.
Posted inMaine, News
Waterville’s Sparetime Recreation to be sold to church
The bowling alley will be renovated for the Centerpoint Community Church’s growing congregation as the owner also moves to sell his alleys in Hallowell and Lewiston.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Elm Plaza owners seek tax financing deal to expand
Documents filed with the city said Kmart’s lease would not be renewed, but the plaza’s owners say talks about a new agreement are continuing.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Two arrested in Waterville burglary and copper theft
Police arrested two suspects in the theft of copper piping from a vacant building after spotting them playing basketball on a city schoolyard at 11:30 p.m.