The upper Main Street fixture for decades was within weeks of closing when its operator and the owner of the adjacent Elm Plaza found a way to save it
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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Thayer Center for Health on track for Oct. 25 grand opening
The $16 million transition from an inpatient hospital to an outpatient center expected to handle 1,000 patients each day is nearing completion.
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Rotary-sponsored Waterville learning trail aids kids’ development
Community organizations are campaigning to encourage early reading and improved attendance in Waterville schools.
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Waterville to undergo $305,000 property revaluation
The City Council has approved a professional study of property values that will be reflected in August 2016 tax bills.
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Waterville council OKs Trafton Road interchange agreement
The vote supports a plan to build a new Interstate 95 interchange at the road, which many of the road’s residents said they oppose.
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Probe not definite in Quebec plane involving Oakland pilot
Canada authorities say it “will be a long time” before there are any conclusions in the crash that killed Bill McKay.
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Colby inaugurates new president Saturday
David Greene will assume the presidency of the 201-year-old Waterville liberal arts college.
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Onion donations bloom after Waterville school garden theft
Growers from around the country have sent replacements to Albert S. Hall School so students can donate to food pantries and the school cafeteria.
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Waterville road work creates travel headaches; motorists say it’s overdue
College Avenue and Main Street are getting a $1.4 million upgrade that should be finished next month, officials said.
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Waterville first pay-as-you-throw day ‘remarkable’
The amount of trash collected was down as most residents put their garbage in the city’s bags, but the city isn’t sure what to do about the dozens who didn’t.