Mayor Jay Coelho is withdrawing his request to spend up to $10,000 to install yurts on the riverfront, instead asking the city to seek solutions that include an emergency warming shelter and ramped-up outreach to the homeless encampment at Head of Falls.
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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Two residents displaced when early morning fire damages Waterville home
The fire appears to have started Monday in the attic of the single-family home at 45 Drummond Ave., according to officials.
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Parade, Kringleville, lighting events to kick off holidays in Waterville, Winslow
The Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine has announced the holiday activity lineup, which includes visits with Santa Claus at Kringleville at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville, beginning the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
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Reporting Aside: Waterville business owner takes a sweet approach to her work
Danielle Doyon, who teaches baking classes to both children and adults, learned to love sweets while growing up in Fairfield near Hillman’s Bakery where she would stop to buy a Bismarck and coconut macaroon.
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Police identify 2 men arrested in connection with Waterville, Fairfield robberies
Undisclosed amounts of money were taken during robberies this week at Bangor Savings Bank on upper Main Street in Waterville and the Circle K convenience store on Norridgewock Road in Fairfield.
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Two arrested in connection with robberies at Waterville bank, Fairfield convenience store
The bank robbery occurred Tuesday at Bangor Savings Bank at 366 Main St. in Waterville, and officials said the same people were responsible hours later for robbing the Circle K convenience store at 149 Norridgewock Road in Fairfield.
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Woman accused of stealing money from Waterville youth center pleads no contest
Sherrie Anne Genness of Belgrade could serve up to 30 months in prison and be required to pay up to $221,695 to the Alfond Youth & Community Center, according to a spokeswoman for the Office of the Maine Attorney General.
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American Legion post to host Veterans Day parade, ceremony in Waterville; lunch planned in Winslow
The parade is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at The Elm at 21 College Ave. and proceed south on Main Street to Castonguay Square, next to City Hall, where a short ceremony is planned.
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Reporting Aside: Waterville buggy was a reminder to take foot off the gas, find a slower pace
An Amish man directed his horse and buggy through Waterville traffic this week while on the way to Home Depot, and his journey was a lesson on the importance of slowing down, Amy Calder writes.
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Two vie for Ward 2 City Council seat in Waterville
Incumbent Councilor Flavia DeBrito, a Democrat, is being challenged for the Ward 2 seat by Brian Keith Tibbetts, a registered Republican who is running with no party affiliation.