The Humane Society Waterville Area at 100 Webb Road is searching for a new executive director as it works to stabilize operations.
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 Planning Board recommends rezoning to allow school storage building
Board also votes to approve final plan for a solar farm between Eight Rod Road and Punky Lane.
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Waterville Board of Education hears pitch for reuse of Albert S. Hall School building
The board on Monday heard a plea from Hannah Bard, director of both Waterville alternative education and adult education, to turn the building into a community center that would house both her departments.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider rezoning school property for storage facility
Board scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Elm at 21 College Ave. to consider several proposals, including a final plan for a solar farm between Eight Rod Road and Punky Lane.
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Amy Calder: Visiting, and rediscovering, the ‘other Maine’
Coastal Maine towns are quaint and have their own unique attractions, but they can be a departure from inland communities, Amy Calder writes.
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Northern Light Inland Hospital to reopen COVID-19 test site on Monday
Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville is reopening the COVID-19 test site due to increased demand, hospital officials say.
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Two Maine women injured in I-95 rollover in Waterville
Joanne Raymond, 59, and Hildred Lecours, 77, were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries after the crash Wednesday afternoon.
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Conservation groups file lawsuit against owner of central Maine dams, citing violation of Endangered Species Act
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court by the Atlantic Salmon Federation and other conservation groups, alleges Brookfield Renewable Partners are harming and killing endangered Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish at four dams on the Kennebec River.
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Waterville council asks that city workers and visitors in city buildings to wear a mask
“It is very important for us to send a message to everyone in Waterville that it’s important to wear masks and to follow CDC guidance, and I think this resolution will fulfill that,” a councilor said.
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Oakland man arrested and charged with OUI following Waterville collision, police say
Paul McAlpine, 50, is scheduled to appear in Waterville District Court on Nov. 2 to answer to a charge of operating under the influence.