The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter wants to buy the property at 8 Highwood St., which has been vacant for many years, to house between 20 and 30 people, including adults with children.
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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Kennebec Water District customers face 8% rate increase this year and next
The KWD draws water from China Lake and serves about 9,000 residential and commercial customers in Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield, Benton and parts of Vassalboro.
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Firefighters battle blaze in Hartland
Palmyra fire Chief Don Chute reports substantial loss inside house.
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Thomas College hosts 3-day business innovation, entrepreneur summit
Thomas College’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation is hosting The Roux Institute’s Maine Start Summit Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Waterville police investigate drive-by shooting of man and woman early Saturday
A man and woman from Unity told Waterville police that they were each shot in the leg while in their vehicle near Kennedy Memorial Drive after they fled The Concourse following an altercation and assault with two males.
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Reporting Aside: Former sports bar in Waterville becomes ‘a safe space in the storm’
Most communities are fortunate to have one place where people can get a free, hot meal, but the Waterville-Winslow area now has two, Amy Calder writes.
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Oakland voters to decide at annual meeting whether to go to full-time fire operation
The Town Meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Messalonskee High School Performing Arts Center.
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Waterville Planning Board considers proposal to convert vacant building into housing for homeless
Board votes 7-0 Tuesday to recommend the City Council rezone 8 Highwood St., a former office building, to allow for apartments for families and seniors, as well as “crisis housing” for homeless people awaiting permanent housing.
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Waterville board gets look at $12.9 million plans for new Hall School
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday night heard from engineering and other officials on plans for a 32,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School that will be the new Albert S. Hall School for fourth and fifth graders.
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Waterville board to consider rezoning request for former Sacred Heart church property
The Waterville Planning Board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider rezoning a former office building on Highwood Street that the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter wants to use for apartments.