WATERVILLE — The proposed cost to build and equip a new police station at Colby Circle is $3.4 million, a price at least one city councilor said is too high.
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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Lachowicz unseats Martin in Senate District 25
Democrat Colleen M. Lachowicz on Tuesday ousted incumbent Sen. Thomas H. Martin, Jr., a Republican, in the race for Martin’s Senate District 25 seat by 913 votes.
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Public to weigh in Wednesday on Waterville police station costs
WATERVILLE — The public will have a chance to ask questions and comment on the proposed cost for a new police station when the City Council meets Wednesday night.
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Colby undergoing $37 million in construction projects
WATERVILLE — Colby College is undergoing $37 million in construction projects, including a renovation and addition at the Museum of Art, a new science building, and a new storage building.
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Escaped sex offender caught in Kansas
A convicted sex offender and fugitive from justice with ties to Waterville was captured Tuesday by police in Kansas after he escaped while being driven to Colorado.
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Sex offender escapes in Kansas, could be headed to Waterville
WATERVILLE — A convicted child sex offender police arrested earlier this month as a fugitive from justice escaped Monday from security officers in Kansas who were driving him back to Colorado.