Sandra Compton, 78, plans to open New Beginnings 2 on Friday at the former Ken-A-Set building at 1 College Avenue.
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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Reporting Aside: The bond between the Skowhegan class of 1974 defies time, distance
The 50 years since we graduated have flown by, just like everyone told us they would, Amy Calder writes.
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Special education director named for Waterville Public Schools
Justin Keleher of Bowdoin has worked for the past 11 years as a special education administrator, including seven years as director of special services in Regional School Unit 1, based in Bath.
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Waterville adopts new city rules for solar farms
The city rules come after officials studied negative visual impacts of large-scale solar arrays and possible methods of mitigation.
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Waterville City Council OKs homeless shelter funding
The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter at 19 Colby St. was built for 48 beds, officials said, but now serves more than 80 people a night.
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Winslow man, 22, identified by police as victim in fatal Waterville shooting
An autopsy performed Tuesday found that Justin Iraola died from multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
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Waterville’s former Railroad Square Cinema to house acting playhouse, cultural events center
Randy and Lisa Jones of Augusta bought the former Railroad Square Cinema complex with a long-term goal of making it a center for the arts and artisans.
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Waterville’s former Railroad Square Cinema to house acting playhouse, cultural events center
Randy and Lisa Jones of Augusta bought the former Railroad Square Cinema complex, which they have renamed The Playhouse at Waterville Station. Their long-term goal is to make it a center for the arts and artisans.
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New Big Apple store construction, other developments underway in Fairfield
A bigger, newer Big Apple on Main Street is in the works along with other projects in the area.
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Reporting Aside: ‘Horrible’ buffalo wings make for a super humbling experience
When appetizers for Super Bowl Sunday bomb, it can mean only one thing: the cook has little interest in football, Amy Calder writes.