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.
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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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.
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Waterville Planning Board approves mobile home park expansion, with conditions
The board also reviewed plans for a 37-unit, low-income apartment building on King Street and an 89-room hotel at the corner of Armory and Industrial roads.
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Waterville church, neighbors work toward compromise on plan to raze buildings to expand parking
The First Church of Waterville wants to demolish two former apartment buildings, expand its parking lot off Park Street and build a fully accessible entrance at the back of the church.
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Reporting Aside: Central Maine leaders’ hopes for 2024
While I could tout my hopes for the new year, I thought it would be infinitely more interesting to hear from Waterville area leaders about theirs, Amy Calder writes.
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Overnight work to resume on $60 million Ticonic Bridge replacement project for Waterville-Winslow
Officials from the state Department of Transportation, city of Waterville, Cianbro, Colby College and others have been meeting to ensure the lines of communication stay open about bridge lane closures and other matters and that the public is aware that downtown businesses are open and accessible during bridge construction.
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New Waterville mayor Morris cites economic development focus during City Hall swearing-in ceremony
The inauguration ceremony for Mike Morris drew more than 100 people Tuesday night to the City Hall Annex at 46 Front St.
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Cleanup work continues at Hathaway Creative Center in Waterville after damaging flood
Water flooded the parking lot and got into the basement of the building at 10 Water St. in the city’s South End during a powerful rain and wind storm Dec. 18 that submerged several vehicles in the parking lot.