An informational meeting about the plan is scheduled for 6 p.m. April 12 at the Oakland fire station on Fairfield Street.
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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Waterville City Council to consider ambulance purchase, outdoor dining, recreation requests
A new ambulance would supplement the two used ambulances the Fire Department has been using to transport patients.
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Children create giant cardboard box city, program computers at Waterville museum
Delayed by pandemic, Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine unofficially shows off its new location with a “STEM-a-Palooza” event on Saturday.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
US Marshals arrest Newport man who failed to register as sex offender in Ohio
Tyler Miller, 37, formerly an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army, failed to register as a sex offender in Ohio and fled to Newport.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Embrace the blessings that birthdays bring
Besides generating presents, sweets and good company, birthdays mark the passage into another year of life, the best gift of all, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
$18 million art center, a cornerstone of downtown Waterville’s rebirth, takes shape
The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. is expected to open in early December, with art galleries, cinema and teaching space and a cafe.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement
The college’s commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Downtown Waterville sidewalk construction set to start
Crooker Construction Inc. of Topsham is expected on Thursday to begin preparing Front Street for new concrete sidewalks from the Lockwood Hotel south to Bridge Street.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Grand jury indicts Waterville man accused of shooting pedestrian in face with BB gun
Cody A. Dutton, 21, was indicted Thursday by Kennebec County grand jury on several charges, including reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Uncategorized
25th Maine International Film Festival scheduled for July in Waterville, Skowhegan
The festival, known as MIFF and scheduled to run from July 8 to 17, typically attracts thousands of film enthusiasts to central Maine.