The fire, reported at 11:28 p.m. Sunday at Maine Woods Pellet Co. on Harmony Road, damaged the walls, roof and most of the wire trays.
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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Canaan voters approve $1.36 million budget
Thirty-five people turn out Saturday night for annual Town Meeting. Elections scheduled for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Town Office.
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Smithfield residents vote to buy fire truck, approve all warrant articles
About 35 people turned out Saturday night for the annual Town Meeting, approving all 65 articles, and 63 people voted in elections earlier in the day.
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Waterville Planning Board to review development plan for former Seton Hospital
The board is scheduled to consider final approval Monday night of previously approved plans to redevelop the property at 30 Chase Ave. into apartments and commercial space.
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State hearing set for Monday on proposed amendment to Kennebec River plan
The public can ask questions about a proposed amendment to the Maine Department of Marine Resources’ Kennebec River Management Plan that, if approved, could lead to removal of the Lockwood Dam in Waterville and Shawmut Dam in Fairfield.
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Fire destroys large commercial garage in Athens, drawing 12 fire departments
Firefighters were able to save two nearby buildings and a lot of equipment Saturday at Linkletter & Sons Inc. at 115 Harmony Road, but a 60-by-100-foot large commercial garage was destroyed.
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Palmyra residents vote to fund town hall repair, reject truck purchase
About 33 people turned out Saturday for the annual Town Meeting at the community center, and Selectman David Gilbert was reelected in Friday’s elections.
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Starks voters approve proposed $564,806 budget, carbon fee request
Fifty-two people turned out Friday at the Starks Community Center to vote on referendums and reelect officials.
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A tie in Rome selectman’s race ends when candidate exits from contest
The annual Rome Town Meeting and elections were anything but business as usual Friday and Saturday as a tie in the first selectman’s race was broken when the incumbent announced she was exiting the contest and charged that some officials had tried to smear her name.
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Amy Calder: Vaccination day was like Christmas
It’s no exaggeration to say that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is a life-affirming experience, Amy Calder writes.