The City Council at a special meeting Tuesday plans to discuss the proposed budget and is scheduled to declare an emergency and vote to spend funds beyond the end of the fiscal year.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville to hold public forum on proposal to build $6.12 million junior high addition
The public will have a chance to ask questions and comment on the plan, which includes building an 18,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School on West River Road for students of Albert S. Hall School.
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New York man pleads not guilty in murder of Joseph Tracy in Waterville
Jashaun Lipscombe, who is being held at Kennebec County Jail in Augusta, pleaded not guilty to murder Wednesday in Superior Court.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville hires law firm for legal opinion on proposed rezoning of Sacred Heart Church property
The city has hired Perkins Thompson P.A. to issue an opinion about whether the Planning Board and City Council actions on a request to rezone property to allow an events center.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Atlantic salmon advocates angry about fish they say were injured during Waterville dam repair
Dam owner Brookfield Renewable Partners said in a statement that the company is disappointed by such claims from groups that want dams removed in lower Kennebec River communities.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Parents concerned about Waterville plan to move 4th, 5th graders to new junior high addition
Waterville Public Schools proposes to build an 18,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School that would be separate from the school.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Developer planning for 14-lot subdivision off Lincoln Street in Waterville
Kevin Mattson, a partner in Dirigo Capital Advisors, plans to develop the Waterville subdivision, where he says he will build and sell market-rate houses.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Amy Calder: Every day was father’s day
Her father taught her many things, but one of the most important was how to plant, tend and harvest a vegetable garden, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville signs onto Garbage to Garden food waste diversion program for residents
City Council votes 7-0 to spend up to $10,000 to start the program, which will collect food waste weekly from households and leave a clean bucket each week for the waste.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Workers rebuilding downtown Main Street in Waterville ‘from scratch’ as part of $11.2 million project
Crooker Construction of Topsham is rebuilding Main Street downtown, doing a ‘full-depth construction’ that will allow the road to last 100 years or longer.