Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Saturdays 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 (who is proud to say she was born in Waterville), she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work in the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She holds more than two dozen awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2019
Waterville council, despite pushback from mayor, OKs rezoning for marijuana store near highway
Councilors voted 5-1 to approve the zoning change to allow an adult-use marijuana store at 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive with Chiarman Sydney Mayhew the lone dissenter.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
Former Jackman physician assistant indicted, re-arrested
Gerald Keenan was arrested Friday by State Police in Brewer and faces 21 counts related to sexual contact or assault on two pre-teen boys in Jackman where Keenan worked in the 1990s.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
Marijuana store, more than $1 million in Fire Department purchases on Waterville council agenda
In addition to considering a request to rezone part of 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive to allow an adult-use marijuana store there, the City Council on Tuesday will consider awarding contracts to buy a fire ladder truck, resurface the fire station floor and do masonry repair, accept a FEMA Grant for the fire department and appoint a panel to study fire services.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
Thomas College dedicates School of Education to Waterville natives
Since 2002, Peter and Paula Lunder have given more than $5 million to Thomas College, including a $1.7 million gift in 2015 that established the Center for Innovation in Education.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
Amy Calder: Closing up camp bittersweet
While leaving a summer cottage is sad, Amy Calder writes, the coming of fall at home promises new adventures.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
Waterville council to consider rezoning request for pot store
City councilors on Tuesday will consider whether to follow the recommendation of the Planning Board, which voted 4-3 Monday not to recommend the council rezone part of 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive so an adult-use marijuana store may open there.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2019
Skowhegan natives revealed as $10 million donors to University of Maine building
E. James ‘Jim’ Ferland and Eileen P. Ferland donated the funds in March 2018 to help build the Engineering Education and Design Center, which will be named for the couple.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2019
More than 400 turn out for open house at The Elm in Waterville
Waterville businessman Bill Mitchell renovated the former American Legion Hall at 21 College Ave., where live music, celebrations, comedy performances and other events will be held.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2019
Waterville 9/11 vigil draws 50 people at the RiverWalk
Firefighters, ambulance workers, legislators and others turned out for the 6 p.m. event Wednesday along the Kennebec River to remember those who died 18 years ago in the terrorist attacks.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2019
Skowhegan man arrested on drug charges after search of home, vehicle
Jason Keaten, 39, is in Somerset County Jail after law enforcement officials searched his home early Wednesday on Hilltop Drive, seizing Fentanyl, drug paraphernalia and cash, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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