Shoplifters, fight, drug offense
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.
Sentinel building sale plan proceeds
WATERVILLE — City councilors voted 6-1 Tuesday to buy the Morning Sentinel building for $550,000 and turn it into a police station.
Waterville may buy old Sentinel site
WATERVILLE — City councilors voted 6-1 Tuesday to buy the Morning Sentinel building for $550,000 and turn it into a police station.
Board passes school budget
WATERVILLE — The Waterville Board of Education approved about $1 million in cuts to a proposed $20.9 million school budget in what the superintendent is calling the worst budget year he has ever seen.
Special Vassalboro meeting Wednesday
VASSALBORO — A special school board and budget committee meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vassalboro Community School.
Newspaper building sale could be decided at Tuesday meeting
WATERVILLE — An ongoing debate about whether the city should buy the Morning Sentinel building and turn it into a police station may be resolved Tuesday night as councilors take final votes on the proposal.
Leaders discuss love of Waterville
WATERVILLE — The city’s got great art and culture, a fantastic quality of life and friendly people of all ages who work together to help those less fortunate.
Waterville arrests; police log for Thursday, Friday
Burglary, criminal mischief, noise