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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PublishedJune 18, 2021
Amy Calder: Every day was father’s day
Her father taught her many things, but one of the most important was how to plant, tend and harvest a vegetable garden, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJune 17, 2021
Waterville signs onto Garbage to Garden food waste diversion program for residents
City Council votes 7-0 to spend up to $10,000 to start the program, which will collect food waste weekly from households and leave a clean bucket each week for the waste.
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PublishedJune 16, 2021
Workers rebuilding downtown Main Street in Waterville ‘from scratch’ as part of $11.2 million project
Crooker Construction of Topsham is rebuilding Main Street downtown, doing a ‘full-depth construction’ that will allow the road to last 100 years or longer.
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PublishedJune 16, 2021
Sharp words, fear of lawsuits arise as Waterville councilors split over proposed events center
City Councilor and lawyer Claude Francke, D-Ward 6, warned councilors Tuesday that approving the zone change proposed for the Sacred Heart Catholic Church property could prompt a costly lawsuit.
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PublishedJune 15, 2021
Thorndike man named principal at Waterville Junior High School
Don Roux, 49, has worked in education for 27 years, having served as a middle school principal in Winterport for the past four years.
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PublishedJune 14, 2021
Waterville City Council to consider zoning change so church building could become events center
The proposal to turn the former Sacred Heart Church property into an events center has sparked backlash from some neighbors who said they worry about disruptions to the neighborhood.
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PublishedJune 11, 2021
Amy Calder: Nature and her nasty tricks
We’ve got ticks, coronavirus, browntail moths and now, a weird substance on Maine beaches that cause our feet to turn black, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJune 10, 2021
‘Find a worthy profession that you love’ Waterville Senior High School speaker urges seniors
Guest speaker, high school English teacher Margaret Downs-Gamble, imparted five ‘essential life lessons’ to 95 seniors Thursday night during a drive-in ceremony held at the Central Maine Motors Auto Group parking lot.
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PublishedJune 9, 2021
Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education students receive diplomas, certificates
The ceremony was held Wednesday at the outdoor pavilion behind Waterville Senior High School to recognize the 27 graduates.
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PublishedJune 9, 2021
Waterville pool fees to increase this year, but residents will not pay for use of slides
The City Council at a special meeting Tuesday voted 7-0 to increase pool fees for both residents and nonresidents, but waive the fee for use of slides for residents for this year only.
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