WATERVILLE — City officials are encouraging families with children to unplug all electronic devices Sunday and take a hike at Quarry Road Recreation area or other green spaces.
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, Clinton police logs, Oct. 16 and 17
Threatening, illegal dumping, harassment
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Waterville City Council OKs funds for police station work
WATERVILLE — City councilors on Tuesday voted 5-1 to spend up to $500,000 for site preparation, foundation work and installation of structural steel for a new police station on Colby Circle.
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Waterville City Council to discuss police station
WATERVILLE — City councilors tonight will consider approving a contract for site preparation, foundation work and structural steel installation at the new police station property on Colby Circle.
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REPORTING ASIDE: Life can be happy without a car
Claire Smith remembers the day her late husband, Arnie, came home from the dump and handed her his car keys.
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Jobs top District 76 hopefuls’ concerns
A businessman new to politics and an incumbent who says he wants to continue working for residents are competing for a state Legislature seat to represent parts of Oakland and Waterville.
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Lachowicz, Martin offer experience in race that has drawn national interest
An incumbent Republican state senator representing parts of Kennebec and Somerset counties faces opposition in November from a Democrat who has been active in both local and state politics.
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District 25 candidates downplay national attention
Candidates for Senate District 25 on Friday glossed over a declaration by a Washington, D.C.-based Democratic group that called the race one of the key battlegrounds in the country and perhaps the most nationally watched state-level legislative race in the U.S.
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Waterville police log and arrests, Oct. 11 and 12
Illegal dumping, threatening, intoxicated person