Councilors were split on whether to support hiring more personnel to staff a third ambulance, voting 3-3 to table taking an initial vote on the proposed budget, with Mayor Mike Morris breaking the tie in favor of postponing the decision.
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.
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Two dogs rescued in Vassalboro fire
The fire, reported by a passerby at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday, damaged a 2-unit house on North Belfast Avenue, also known as Route 3.
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Waterville council to consider proposed $64.8 million municipal, school budget
Elected officials will consider putting the city’s third ambulance into service and adding rescue personnel to staff it.
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Waterville man injured after being struck by tractor trailer
Timothy Ferris of Waterville was taken to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after Friday’s crash.
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May, and memories of the Kennebec | Column
While the Kennebec River has been cleaned up and great plans have been laid for recreational acitvities on the water, memories of past tragedies remain, Amy Calder writes.
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Fire damages Waterville apartment building, displacing at least 9 tenants
A fire Tuesday damaged a 2 1/2-story apartment building at the corner of Summer and Sherwin streets in Waterville’s South End.
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Pittsfield fire sends woman to hospital with burns
The fire late Monday also destroyed a shed and caused extensive damage to house on Somerset Avenue.
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Waterville $34.2 million school budget wins initial approval
The Waterville Board of Education must take a second, final vote after the City Council takes its second vote on the proposed municipal and school budgets sometime this summer.
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Waterville teacher who threatened Trump supporters says she is ‘deeply ashamed’
JoAnna St. Germain said she was suffering from extreme insomnia and other mental health issues when she made posts on social media calling for the military and U.S. Secret Service to ‘take out’ Trump supporters.
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Fairfield woman reflects on education journey: ‘I can’t believe I’m actually here’
More than 40 years after leaving her hometown without a high school diploma, Karen Winfree, back in Fairfield, was named Kennebec Valley Community College Student of the Year.