The Waterville City Council held an emergency meeting Friday night to declare a public health emergency due to the citywide infestation of browntail moth caterpillars which are causing people to break out in severe rashes and have respiratory problems.
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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Amy Calder: Bossov Ballet Theatre a treasure
If ever there were a more deserving recipient of a new performing arts center, it is the Bossov Ballet Theatre at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville City Council delays decision on increasing pool fees
Council Chairman Erik Thomas, D-Ward 7, says the city has spent much money on the pool, and the annual debt service on it is $60,000 for the next 20 years. The pool has to move more in the direction of supporting itself, according to Thomas.
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Browntail moths ‘like the virus’ in Waterville, council seek ways to combat infestation
“We have a real problem right now in Waterville and we need to get on top of it,” City Councilor Thomas Klepach said.
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Waterville board to once again consider controversial plans to turn former church into events center
The Waterville Planning Board at its last meeting May 17 postponed voting on rezoning 72 Pleasant St. so Sacred Heart Catholic Church can be turned into an events center.
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Suspect in Waterville murder shot man over late car ride, new documents allege
A recently unsealed police affidavit follows a trail of evidence to Jashaun Lipscombe of New York City who, according to witnesses, shot Joseph Tracy in Waterville because Tracy was late in picking him up to give him a ride to Bangor.
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Skowhegan marks Memorial Day with parade, ceremonies
In Waterville, the Forest J. Pare Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1285 held a morning ceremony at Castonguay Square, next to City Hall, and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Two Cent Bridge at Head of Falls, along the Kennebec River.
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Kennebec Water District looks to build $11.5 million complex off Drummond Avenue in Waterville
KWD officials say they expect to begin construction next year on the 21,000-square-foot business office and operations complex at 131 Drummond Ave., and move into the facility in 2023.
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Not your typical summer school: Waterville to offer fun, social activities and academics
Cooking, building model rockets and art are a small sampling of the summer courses being offered this year to address students’ social-emotional needs that have gone unmet during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bossov Ballet Theatre performs live for the first time since 2019
About 20 students in grades 8-12 performed on an outdoor stage Saturday before an audience of about 100 at Maine Central Institute, sharing an original ballet created by Bossov’s artistic director, Natalya Getman.