WATERVILLE — Expect to see chickens in some backyards after city councilors Tuesday voted 6-0 to allow people to have up to six laying hens in the residential zone.
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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Myers resigns from Waterville council
WATERVILLE — In a surprise move, City Councilor George Myers Jr., D-Ward 2, resigned his position at Tuesday’s council meeting.
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Concourse Crash: Fairfield woman injured when car hits tree in Waterville parking lot
WATERVILLE — A Fairfield woman was taken to the hospital Tuesday after the car she was driving plunged forward in The Concourse parking lot, pinning her leg between the car door and a tree.
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Egg-cellent agenda on tap for Waterville City Council; hens to be considered again
WATERVILLE — City councilors tonight will consider taking final votes on a request to allow people in residential zones to have up to six laying hens on their property.
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REPORTING ASIDE: All signs point to autumn
The cucumber vines and tomato plants have been pulled, the garden cleaned up, the flowers weeded and the lawn furniture put away.
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Eagle Scout playground project turns into passion
WATERVILLE — Albert Joseph Languet IV can think of no better way to become an Eagle Scout than by planning a playground for homeless children.
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New Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter to host open house; guests arrive within few weeks
WATERVILLE — The new Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Colby Street will host an open house next week with a speech by Gov. Paul R. LePage, former co-chairman of the shelter’s board of directors.
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Mid-Maine Homeless shelter to hold open house next Monday
WATERVILLE — The new Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Colby Street will host an open house next week with a speech by Gov. Paul R. LePage, former co-chairman of the shelter’s Board of Directors.
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Waterville teen remains in fair condition
WATERVILLE — A teenager involved in a collision Wednesday between a Volkswagen Beetle and a loaded pulp truck in Fairfield remained in fair condition Friday at a local hospital.