About 200 jobs will be created as a result of $51.2 million in CARES Act funding that will enable Puritan Medical Products of Guilford to develop a second facility in Pittsfield, expanding production of medical-testing swabs.
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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State Sen. Scott Cyrway faces opposition from Hilary Koch in District 16
Cyrway, a Republican, has served in his seat since 2014, while Koch, a Democrat, won election to the Waterville Charter Commission, outpolling Mayor Nick Isgro.
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Incumbent Colleen Madigan faces challenger Mark Andre for House District 110 seat
Madigan has held the seat, which represents part of Waterville and part of Oakland, since 2016 and has twice defeated Andre for the seat.
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Amy Calder: God willing, we will do better
With COVID-19 wreaking havoc throughout the country, including in the White House, we must do better, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville neighbors appear for court hearing, which is again continued
Falah Waheeb filed a protection from harassment order against neighbor Cathy Weeks in August, and the hearing was continued for the second time on Thursday after both parties waited more than an hour at Waterville District Court.
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Maine police hunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ men, including wanted robber, after car chase
Wanted are Christopher Terenc Farrow, 32, and Dayshawn Middleton, 29, of Connecticut, after they allegedly led police on a car chase across central Maine Tuesday night.
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Waterville council approves joint emergency medical services agreement
The City Council also took a first vote to approve leasing land to the Alfond Youth & Community Center for a community ice rink.
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Waterville Planning Board delays recommending short-term rental rules
While the board has worked on putting together regulations for short-term rentals to recommend to the City Council, members said they were not ready to vote Monday night, instead launching a subcommittee to work on the issue.
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Waterville City Council to consider emergency medical services agreement, ice rink land lease
Councilors on Tuesday are also expected to consider amendments to the city’s marijuana ordinance.
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Family of drive-by shooting victim in Waterville loses food stamps, social security
After 7-year-old Emahleeah Frost was shot in February, the family got $14,100 from a GoFundMe effort, but because of that income, their food stamps and Supplemental Security Income were taken away according to her parents.