WATERVILLE — The city will pay $100,000 for a lot at Colby Circle where a new police station will be built.
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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Zoning changes for housing projects top Waterville’s city council agenda
WATERVILLE — City councilors tonight are scheduled to consider proposed changes to the zoning ordinance for two housing projects.
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Franco-American Family Festival hits 10th anniversary
WATERVILLE — The rich culture and traditions of Canadians who settled here many years ago will be celebrated this weekend during the 10th annual Franco-American Family Festival.
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Man allegedly head-butts Fairfield cop, faces slate of additional charges
FAIRFIELD — A man who reportedly head-butted two police officers late Sunday when they arrested him for violating conditions of release is scheduled to appear today in Skowhegan District Court.
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Waterville police; Franklin and Somerset sheriff’s logs, Sept. 2 and 3
Harassment, unwanted persons, prowler
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REPORTING ASIDE: Love of real labor in Waterville mills
Nearly four decades after Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, Peter Joseph was learning the meaning of hard work.
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Starks woman homeless after candles start house fire
STARKS — A fire started from unattended candles destroyed a house on Chicken Street early Sunday, leaving a woman and her pets homeless, according to Fire Chief Julie Costigan.
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Colby College celebrates its bicentennial
WATERVILLE — Nearly two hundred years ago, Baptists created the Maine Literary and Theological Institution north of downtown in an area now known as Colby Circle.
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Waterville area police and Somerset, Franklin logs, Sept. 1 and 2
Fireworks, thefts, vehicle burglaries
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Emben man dies, two other injured in New Portland crash
NEW PORTLAND — An Embden man died late Friday in a single-car accident on Wire Bridge Road, according to Somerset County Sheriff’s Detective Lt. Carl E. Gottardi II.