Truck was on Eustis Parkway Monday, assisting with replacing a water main when it struck the pole, according to officials.
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: After wave of grief, Waterville woman urges others to ‘reach out to the people that love you’
Denise Dutil looks forward to the day the new skatepark at Green Street Park in Waterville’s South End bears the name of her son, Dave Dutil Jr., who died by suicide in 2016, Amy Calder writes.
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Palmyra man arrested following Winslow armed robbery
Dustin Smith, 30, allegedly pointed a handgun at a man on Abbott Road in Winslow, ordered him out of a car, told him to take off his clothes, fired a gun, assaulted him and robbed him, Winslow police Chief Leonard Macdaid said Wednesday.
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Waterville Planning Board votes to approve Seton housing plan change
The board on Tuesday gave its OK to a modification of plans to convert the former Seton Hospital on Chase Avenue into 67 apartments, with the cost to rent those apartments based on area median income.
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Waterville Board of Education puts $12.9 million Albert S. Hall School plans on hold
The board on Monday decided building a new Hall School addition onto Waterville Junior High School is not feasible as money is needed to make necessary air and safety improvements to Waterville Senior High School.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider revision to housing plan for former Seton Hospital
Work already underway at 90-acre site along Chase Avenue, with plans calling for construction of 67 apartments.
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As housing crunch persists, central Maine leaders chip away at problem one project at a time
Several efforts are underway in Augusta and Waterville to provide more affordable housing options, but until then the two cities together are short of such housing by more than 1,800 units.
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Miniature horse show dazzles spectators at Skowhegan State Fair
About 20 miniature horses from across Maine compete Sunday.
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Field rocks with music, food, games at Woofstock fundraiser for Humane Society Waterville Area
The event was held Saturday in a big field next to the animal shelter at 100 Webb Road.
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First Waterville downtown ‘visioning’ session set for Tuesday
The public is invited to attend the session to hear an overview of the project, including the territory it will cover.