Final test borings will be done today on the Colby Circle site where the city plans to build a police station, City Manager Michael Roy told city councilors Tuesday.
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.
Land preparations begin for new Waterville police station
City Manager Michael Roy plans to give city councilors an update on that work at 7 p.m. today in the council chambers at The Center.
Poor funding may close Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen
What happens in the next week will determine if the kitchen remains open on a month-to-month basis as donations allow or closes as planned on Sept. 1.
Five injured, one flown to hospital from Benton head-on collision
A Toyota Prius collided with a Chevrolet Cavalier on Bangor Road just before 6 p.m.
Waterville and Clinton police logs, Aug. 19 and 20
Assault, criminal trespass, shoplifter
REPORTING ASIDE: Turn down the music
A few years ago, my husband and I went to a swanky wedding out of state.
AMY CALDER: Traffic backup troubling
I travel there a few times a week from Waterville and have been stuck in traffic there several times, but a recent Friday afternoon foray took the cake.
Last Unicorn’s new owners plan September reopening
WATERVILLE — When Fred Ouellette learned the Last Unicorn restaurant was closing in late April, he wasn’t ready for it to end.
Last Unicorn’s new owners plan September reopening
WATERVILLE — When Fred Ouellette learned the Last Unicorn restaurant was closing in late April, he wasn’t ready for it to end.