Two more votes must be taken on $37.2 million proposal, which doesn’t raise the tax rate if the trash plan is included.
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 Commons traffic jams worry fire chief
The original plan at the complex that includes Walmart and Home Depot called for a second access road, instead of just the one that empties on Main Street
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Waterville Commons road problems incite motorists, damage cars
The city hopes to avoid another traffic jam like Saturday’s at Walmart and Home Depot, which lead to traffic jams, damaged cars and road rage.
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Waterville’s no-tax-hike budget includes trash fee
A pay-as-you-throw trash plan that officials say would trim more than $300,000 would be subject to a 2015 city referendum.
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Waterville downtown parking woes may affect farmers market
A two-hour Thursday parking limit on the Concourse raises larger issues of downtown parking, enforcement and access in general.
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Waterville’s Railroad Square Cinema celebrates expansion Saturday
Burt’s Bees founder Burt Shavitz will be featured as cinema officials mark the completion of a new expanded lobby.
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Waterville council debates whether to increase pool fees for some users
The cost of running the pools is greater than the amount of fees the city receives.
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Waterville firefighters rescue sunbather from river abutment
It’s the second day in a row the city’s Fire Department has had to help a friend of a local man off 25-foot-high concrete pillar.
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Human element suspected in Waterville fire at cemetery’s edge
Years worth of brush, woods and trash all ignited in the city’s South End, helped by wind and dry conditions.
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Waterville man to receive diploma 22 years after he quit high school
Tony Bernard walked a tough road before becoming one of many to get a diploma through adult ed classes.