WATERVILLE — Voters Tuesday approved a $19.7 million Waterville schools budget for 2012–13, 994-226. The budget represents a .66 percent decrease from the current $19.9 million school budget.
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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Lachowicz leading Hernandez for Senate District 25 nomination
At 10:05 p.m. Tuesday, Colleen Madigan Lachowicz was leading Dana Bushee Hernandez, 743-697 in the race for the Senate District 25 Democratic nomination. Both are from Waterville. Pittsfield and Unity Township were the only communities whose results were not available.
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Waterville fireworks fan fights city hall
WATERVILLE — Kendrick Whitney thinks voters should decide whether consumer fireworks should be sold and used in the city.
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AMY CALDER: Painting what she loves
The skies were gray with only a hint of sun and Kirsten Stray-Gundersen was up on a stepladder, sliding her tiny paintbrush along the outline of a skier’s shoulder.
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Waterville graduates given stirring sendoff
WATERVILLE — A 38-year veteran and retiring teacher urged the Waterville Senior High School graduates Thursday to use their imaginations, do things they enjoy, find a job they love and set goals allowing them to fulfill their potential.
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Head of Falls approved for new Waterville police station
WATERVILLE — Police will move into a new police station at Head of Falls early next year, if all goes according to plan.
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Fireworks banned in Waterville by new ordinance
WATERVILLE — Anyone caught shooting off fireworks in the city or selling them as of June 18 will face hefty fines.