Waterville will pay the Armory Road business $800 per month to accept recycling from small businesses and residents with no alternative.
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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Incumbent city councilor, two others drop out of Waterville race
Three people have decided not to run for the Ward 2 City Council seat, including the incumbent, Edward Lachowicz.
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Friends, associates of Bill McKay saddened by his death in airplane crash
Oakland resident remembered as ‘unbelievable’ businessman, accomplished pilot, dedicated family man.
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Waterville council won’t sell property with illegally built structure
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Waterville picketers won’t identify Ferguson rally organizer
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Waterville area schools divided on federal lunch program
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Charges dropped against Retamozzo child supervisor
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Waterville’s recycling success has a backlash
A company that collected recycling doesn’t have enough business to continue offering the service, leaving small businesses with no alternative.
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Three arrested in Waterville drug raids
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