WATERVILLE — Mayor Karen Heck on Thursday urged legislators not to remove funding that affects children and health care, saying Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to cut costs will have a negative impact locally.
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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Mayor, schools chief ask LePage not to cut funds
WATERVILLE — Mayor Karen Heck on Thursday urged legislators not to remove funding that affects children and health care, saying Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to cut costs will have a negative impact locally.
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Waterville mayor to hold press conference
WATERVILLE – Mayor Karen Heck is scheduled to host a press conference at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to discuss the impact of Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed cuts on the city.
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Councilors hear advice for Waterville airport
WATERVILLE — Paving the two runways at the city-owned airport would go a long way toward drawing a fixed-base operator — and more aircraft — to the facility.
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Waterville fire leaves seven homeless
WATERVILLE — Seven people are alive today because smoke detectors in their building alerted them early Monday to escape a fire that ultimately left them homeless.
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Seven homeless after fire
WATERVILLE — Four adults and three children are alive today because smoke detectors in their building alerted them early Monday to escape a fire that ultimately left them homeless.
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Eight people homeless after Waterville fire
WATERVILLE – Eight people, including several children, are homeless after fire ripped through their 8 King St. apartment building in the city’s South End early today.