William Lessa and Callista Merrill, president and vice president of the Central Maine Recovery Center, opened the nonprofit residential program earlier this month on Hazelwood Avenue in Waterville.
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: Waterville soup kitchen offers a hot meal, a warm place
The Lighthouse Waterville Area Soup Kitchen on Monday opened an afternoon warming center and has launched a new fundraising campaign, the $100 Club, seeking 1,800 people to donate $100 each to fund the kitchen for a year.
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Waterville becomes first Maine city to endorse plan to study passenger rail expansion bill
The City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday night to approve a resolution that seeks, ultimately, to extend passenger rail service to Lewiston-Auburn, Waterville and Bangor.
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Waterville council rejects sending church zoning request to Planning Board
Councilors said the church presented a proposal that does not reflect the compromise the city and church officials had discussed at a meeting Jan. 8 and thus they would not vote to refer the matter to the Planning Board.
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Two longtime businesses close in downtown Waterville
Lebanese Cuisine, known to many as “the Lebanese bakery,” and Paragon Shop have closed after having been in business for 44 years.
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Colby College, members of Waterville community participate in day of service to honor MLK Jr.’s legacy
Volunteers gather at Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons in downtown Waterville to sort and package personal necessities for the homeless.
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Two displaced after early morning house fire in Fairfield
Firefighters from five communities responded early Sunday to the fire at 120 Gagnon Road, which damaged the house’s second floor and attic and left water damage throughout the home.
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Kennebec, Somerset counties spared problems from Saturday’s storm
Snow started around 7 a.m. in the Waterville area and in Somerset County to the north, and two hours later, had turned mostly to rain.
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Controversial church rezoning request on Waterville agenda
The City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the City Hall Annex at 46 Front St.
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Reporting Aside: Anson man with Down syndrome finds purpose in cutting cloth
James Lynds has turned a passion for hard work into a business cutting clothing into rags to sell to auto mechanics, dealerships and other businesses, Amy Calder writes.