City officials estimate that downtown has space on upper floors of buildings to develop about 75 housing units.
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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Reporting Aside: Weathering a prolonged outage
Losing power the first day of Christmas vacation didn’t portend well for what would become a four-day-long outage in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
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Winslow woman dies in China crash after striking a tree, police say
Faith Pomerleau, 22, was killed in the crash early Wednesday evening on Maple Ridge Road, according to the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.
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Police issue arrest warrant for man in murder at Waterville business
Police are seeking Spridal Hubiak, 20, of Waterville, as a suspect in the killing and believe he has left the state of Maine.
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Waterville officials reflect on recovery, lessons learned after historic storm damages
Waterville officials this week are preparing for future emergencies and applying for reimbursement of funds from the federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Reporting Aside: The gift of giving to strangers around Waterville
Handing out $100 bills to strangers during the holiday season evokes an unforgettable feeing, Amy Calder writes.
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Santa Claus at Kringleville in Waterville: ‘Children are a gift’
The jolly man in red met hundreds of children and families Saturday in his cabin at Kringleville, his mini North Pole in downtown Waterville.
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Wrongful death suit, police probe linger in disappearance of Ayla Reynolds 12 years later
Trista Reynolds is pressing forward with a civil lawsuit against the father of her child and two of his family members, claiming they should be held responsible for Ayla’s death in 2011.
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Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in Skowhegan
Nicole Morse, 38, was crossing Madison Avenue at 5 p.m. Friday when she was struck by a vehicle being driven north by a Kingfield woman who later said she did not see Morse in the crosswalk, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
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Waterville animal shelter official says sick cats have recovered
Workers at the Humane Society Waterville Area shelter at 100 Webb Road are working to try to reopen its free-roam rooms that house adoptable cats on Monday, according to Malena Gatti, president of the organization’s board of directors.