City officials and residents say the old vacant building at 6 Main Place that years ago housed the Waterville Boys & Girls Club has been unsafe and has caused the city many headaches.
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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Truck parking facility proposed near I-95 in Waterville
The facility, proposed by Steve Baldwin and Andrea Freeman of RTG Enterprises LLC, would accommodate 35, 70-foot trucks off Airport Road, like an Airbnb for the freight vehicles.
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Waterville building named for father, son duo’s commitment to city
The Kirk & Greg Powell Building, located at 173 Main St., was dedicated in honor of their generational work in Waterville.
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Waterville to advertise again for new city manager
The search will start anew since four candidates interviewed won’t be invited to a second interview, Mayor Mike Morris says.
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After years of giving, a Waterville man’s wish granted
Michael Williams of Waterville, who suffers with a terminal illness, applied for and was granted a wish for his daughter and grandson to visit him from North Carolina, Amy Calder writes.
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Smarts to receive top Mid-Maine Chamber award for distinguished service
Eight others are scheduled to receive 2024 Mid-Maine Chamber awards Thursday at the organization’s annual awards event, to be held at the Waterville Elks Banquet Center.
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Maine community leaders remember Pope Francis as humble, charitable pontiff
Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning after more than 12 years as head of the Catholic Church.
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Waterville fire officials urge funding 8 new EMS workers for additional ambulance
Waterville fire Chief Jason Frost and deputy chief of EMS Everett Flannery III also want to run a third ambulance as need will increase with the closure of Northern Light Inland Hospital.
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4 charged in Fairfield drug bust
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and Waterville police searched a home on Crane Drive early Wednesday and seized drugs with a street value estimated at $40,000.
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Waterville council, former mayor grill hospital officials about impending closure
Two officials of Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville answered questions Tuesday from city councilors and a former mayor about the reasons why the hospital is closing and how its patients and employees will be affected.