China’s transfer and recycling station includes a give-and-take shack where people can rummage through items discarded by others, Amy Calder writes.
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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Four arrested after searches of Fairfield house turn up drugs, explosive device, police say
Officers arrest Derek Poirier, 40, on Sunday at his Winter Street house. A day later, police searched the house again and arrested another three suspects.
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Waterville board supports rezoning to allow for storage units
The Planning Board voted to recommend rezoning about 5 acres on Webb Road near the Oakland town line so that a developer can build storage units.
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Colby College receives $7 million gift for Maine students in need of financial aid
Students from Waterville and Bangor will be given priority for aid as part of gift from the George G. Petrikas Revocable Trust.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider law aimed at protecting sites with historic, other value
Board is expected to discuss proposed ordinance Tuesday night that would protect buildings and other locations seen as significant to city.
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Humane Society Waterville Area names new executive director following period of tumult
Rae-Ann Demos was a veterinary technician in the U.S. Army for several years, and for the last 14 years, has been district humane agent for the Animal Welfare Program in the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
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Amy Calder: The melodies linger on
Singing is an integral part of our lives, so it would make sense that it may be one of the last skills to leave us when we enter old age, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville police investigate vandalism at RiverWalk amphitheater, vehicle burglaries
Mayor Jay Coelho made reference to the RiverWalk vandalism at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. “I think that whoever is doing that should be ashamed,” Coelho said.
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Causes of poverty, homelessness highlighted at first of three virtual Waterville forums
Katie Spencer White, CEO of the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, hosts virtual forum, which is to be followed by sessions Wednesday, Oct. 13, and Oct. 27.
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Air bags deploy, no injuries reported in Waterville crash
Police: Crash occurs Wednesday afternoon on West River Road, when Chevrolet Equinox collides with Subaru Outback.