Vehicle accident, assaults, criminal mischief
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 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, 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.
Waterville City Council scrutinizes pipeline plan
WATERVILLE — Officials proposing to build an $80 million natural gas pipeline through central Maine got support and questions at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
Waterville council considers natural gas line
WATERVILLE — Officials proposing to build an $80 million natural gas pipeline through central Maine got both support and questions at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
Maine’s homeless youth a hidden problem
A girl and her baby sleep for weeks in a car because she’s not old enough to stay at the local homeless shelter – that’s just one example of the cases that Maine social service workers are seeing.
Waterville to front ski trail cost, accept gift
WATERVILLE — The city will provide $100,000 up front for construction of a cross-country ski trail at Quarry Road Recreation Area and Colby College will repay that money to the city over three years.
Myers, Roy vie for Ward 2 seat on Waterville City Council
WATERVILLE — City Councilor George Myers Jr., D-Ward 2, faces opposition from newcomer Patrick Roy, a Republican, in the Nov. 8 election.
Overflow homeless shelter preparing to re-open in Waterville
With winter on its way, volunteers are preparing to re-open a temporary overnight homeless shelter in the basement of the First Baptist Church. The overflow shelter, which opens Tuesday, Nov. 1, is for people who cannot be housed at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Ticonic Street.
Watervile City Council to discuss Quarry Road Rec donations
WATERVILLE — City councilors on Tuesday are expected to take final votes on whether to accept $485,000 in donations for the Quarry Road Recreation Area.
Two arrests; Waterville police log for Wednesday, Thursday
Thefts, vehicle repossession, fraud