The funding is available for other projects now that recreation fields don’t need to be moved to accommodate plans for an ice arena.
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 both 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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Bingham man faces gross sexual assault charges
Justin Tykon Harris, charged with five counts of gross sexual assault against a minor, made his first appearance in court Friday.
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Reporting Aside: Waterville highlights youth art
Children from 32 central Maine schools are exhibiting their works at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center and Greene Block + Studios through Sunday as part of Youth Art Month, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville board recommends zone change to allow construction of ‘solar garden’
Landowner Leo St. Peter still needs to get approval from the City Council for the zone change to build a 725-kilowatt solar farm on Webb Road.
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Psychological examination requested for Waterville man arrested by FBI over online threats to kill Biden, immigrants
The lawyer for Benjamin Brown, 45, said he is concerned Brown might not be competent to undergo initial proceedings, stand trial or assist in his defense.
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Waterville to launch program to help maintain, replenish neighborhood street trees
A task force is expected to inventory existing trees on streets in city neighborhoods and work to maintain and replenish those that have been lost, including elm trees, which were ravaged in the 1950s and 1960s by Dutch elm disease.
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Water District to launch $3.7 million main replacement on Pleasant Street in Waterville
The $3.7 million Kennebec Water District project, to start April 1, also will include replacing water mains on Pleasant Court, Pleasant Place and Center Street, all of which are off Pleasant Street.
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Reporting Aside: Skowhegan area ‘can man’ scours roadside for extra cash
Josh Schleier, 34, of East Madison, started collecting returnable cans and bottles from the side of the road when he was 5 and has continued the hobby to this day.
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Waterville City Council gives initial OK to funding housing, nonprofit initiatives
Councilors debated for hours Tuesday night about how to distribute American Rescue Plan Act funding, and must take second votes on funding for housing initiatives and outside agencies that requested money.
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Waterville council hears complaints about homeless people, gives nod to soup kitchen funding
Businesses around the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen complained to city officials that their employees are afraid of some homeless people loitering in the area and confronting and scaring them.