With several large businesses and employers already signed on for natural gas, Waterville’s municipal leaders are considering whether the pipeline being built through the Elm City makes fiscal sense for them.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, โReporting Aside,โ 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.
Waterville privileged to host Colby’s world-class art museum
The Colby Museum of Art rivals any that we have visited in New York, Boston and other major U.S. cities, as well as those in Italy, Austria and elsewhere in Europe for which we paid many a pretty euro to visit.
Augusta man charged with Waterville car burglaries
Keith Arvanitis, 40, of Augusta, was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges Thursday, after allegedly burglarizing vehicles at a Waterville motel.
Waterville man arrested in Little Caesars pizza shop robbery
Mitchell McQuarrie, 23, of Waterville, was charged today with the Sunday robbery of a Little Caesars restaurant on Main Street.
Waterville Democrats choose City Council, school board candidates
About 25 members of the party turned out to nominate candidates for the Nov. 6 city election.
For loons’ sake, mind your wake
We must be mindful that our beautiful lakes are home to loons and other wildlife. We merely recreate on those waterways.
Police seek information in Sunday Waterville Little Caesars pizza shop robbery
Police Chief Charles Rumsey said there are a number of leads after man got away with cash Sunday afternoon.
Cyclists to visit Elm City, sharing concerns on fossil fuels use
Six college students from around the country will bicycle into Waterville Monday and spend the week spreading awareness about climate change and the dangers of tar sands and fossil fuel use.
Tall fences can’t block out memories of fateful December day
John Roy and Pati Redeagle have erected a fence between their home and the one next door, from which Ayla Reynolds disappeared in December 2011, but it doesn’t blot out memories of the missing toddler.
Move-in for new Waterville police station delayed two weeks
Final details of transition are causing delays in police completing their move into the new $3.4 million Waterville police station.