WATERVILLE — Pamela Kick is a perfect example of someone who takes new ideas and turns them into profit.
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.
City gets big grants for safety upgrades
WATERVILLE — The police and fire departments have been awarded about $421,000 in federal grants for new equipment, including a fire engine.
Waterville council OKs Quarry funds
WATERVILLE — City councilors on Tuesday voted to provide up to $200,000 to Friends of Quarry Road to buy snow making equipment in anticipation of money from the Harold Alfond Foundation that is coming in September.
Several Waterville roads set for fix
WATERVILLE — Motorists can say good-bye to bumpy, potholed roads this summer as workers tackle some of the worst in the city.
Waterville police logs for Tuesday, Wednesday
Family fights, juvenile offenses, vehicle accident
Final gas TIF vote postponed
WATERVILLE — City councilors voted 7-0 Tuesday to postpone until March 6 taking a final vote on a proposed tax break and related development program for a natural gas pipeline.
Council opts to postpone vote on gas pipeline
WATERVILLE — City councilors voted 7-0 Tuesday to postpone until March 6 taking a final vote on a proposed tax break and related development program for a natural gas pipeline.
Leading animal shelter is ‘dream job’ for new director
WATERVILLE — If ever there was a dream job for Andrea Pasco, this is it.
Waterville shelter the effort of many
WATERVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage, once homeless himself, helped break ground Monday on a new $3 million homeless shelter here.
LePage helps break ground for shelter
WATERVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage, once homeless himself, helped break ground Monday on a new $3 million homeless shelter here.