WATERVILLE — City councilors voted 6-0 to sell a city-owned property on Western Avenue for $50,000, but were split 4-2 on selling a house on Water Street in the city’s South End for $15,000.
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 City Council to consider selling Water Street house, former parks and rec building
WATERVILLE — City councilors tonight will consider selling a tax-acquired home on Water Street, as well as the former parks and recreation building on Western Avenue.
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REPORTING ASIDE: The old social media, aka Christmas cards
Some people think I write entirely too many Christmas cards. I disagree.
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Waterville offers free micro-websites for city businesses
WATERVILLE — The city is offering a free online site for businesses and organizations to advertise their goods and services, and for consumers to see what they offer.
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Waterville city manager wants to stop paying stormwater fee
WATERVILLE — City Manager Michael Roy is recommending the city no longer pay stormwater treatment fees to the Waterville Sewerage District.
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Lyford, Lachowicz to lead Charter Commission
WATERVILLE — Peter Lyford and Edward Lachowicz will lead the city’s new Charter Commission which voters established in November.
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Waterville, Clinton police logs, Dec. 12 and 13
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Waterville offers free online service for businesses, consumers
WATERVILLE — The city is offering businesses an online site where they may advertise their goods and services and for consumers to find out what they offer, free of charge.