Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post No. 5 asks that participants in and spectators at the parade Wednesday wear masks and social distance.
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 Area Soup Kitchen to give out free lunches at four locations
The meals “to-go” program will start Nov. 16 at the North End Playground, Head of Falls, Veterans Park and Green Street Park and continue every Monday and Wednesday during the winter months.
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Amy Calder: Tending to a hurt kitten
When Maxine Johnson’s kitten Rocky returned home four days after going missing in Norridgewock, it was severely injured and the veterinarian said it had been stomped on by a human.
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Waterville city manager search process continues, with selection date pushed back
Seventy people applied for the Waterville city manager’s position and the number has been whittled down to six, according to City Manager Michael Roy.
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Waterville City Council moves toward banning overnight, on-street winter parking
Councilors vote to prohibit vehicles from parking on most streets from midnight to 6 a.m. during the winter months, making it easier and safer for city trucks to plow. The council must hold a final vote to finalize the change.
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Cathy Weeks resigns from Waterville Planning Board following court harassment order
Weeks resigned Wednesday, a day after a Waterville District Court judge awarded her Iraqi-born neighbor a protection from harassment order against her.
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Democrat Jay Coelho elected Waterville mayor, defeats opponent Phil Bofia
Democrat challenger Rebecca Green defeated Republican incumbent Sydney Mayhew for the Ward 4 seat on the City Council.
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Judge grants order against Waterville Planning Board member in harassment case with immigrant neighbor
District Court Judge Charles Dow on Tuesday approved a request by Falah Waheeb for a protection from harassment order against his neighbor Cathy Weeks.
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Central Mainers cast ballots in record numbers during historic election
Long lines greeted voters across central Maine on Tuesday morning, with some people waiting more than an hour in freezing temperatures and light snowfall.
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Neighbor testifies Cathy Weeks called neighbors ‘radical Muslims’ in Waterville case
Weeks, a member of the Waterville Planning Board, denied she tried to interfere with the sale of a house to Falah Waheeb because he is Muslim in a protection from harassment hearing Monday.