Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the fair this year will be a small agricultural fair to be held in September on the Skowhegan fairgrounds.
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 City Council to take up proposed budget, bond issue
City councilors are scheduled to take a first vote Tuesday on the proposed municipal and school budget for 2020-21, and consider a final vote on a proposed $4 million bond package.
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Amy Calder: July Fourth sparks memories of holidays past
Though traditional July Fourth celebrations will be altered this weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mainers will likely find safe and fun ways to mark the holiday, Amy Calder writes.
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KVCOG awarded $400,000, two-year grant to help region respond to pandemic
The grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration supports communities responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trash going back to PERC as towns seek operator for Fiberight solid waste facility
The Municipal Review Committee told member municipalities and others that 3/4 of their trash was being diverted to the Orrington waste-to-energy plant while the Fiberight plant in Hampden is shut down.
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Colby College announces plan to bring students back to campus in August
The $10 million opening plan includes input from medical professionals, 50 faculty members and 10 task forces, and involves administering 85,000 tests for the coronavirus to students, faculty and staff in the fall semester.
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Another marijuana facility on Waterville planning agenda
The Waterville Planning Board on Monday is scheduled to consider a plan for a marijuana growing operation on Industrial Road, just down the road from another marijuana operation licensed by the city in May.
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REM launches “Imagine That!” campaign, seeks 600 new members
The community group that began 25 years ago and is an umbrella for local nonprofit groups is working to boost membership and raise at least $35,000 to stay afloat.
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$2.7 million water main project in downtown Waterville ‘slightly ahead of schedule’
The project hit a snag Thursday when a valve on a pipe failed near the intersection of Main and Silver streets downtown, flooding Main Street and forcing the Kennebec Water District to shut off water to three restaurants on Silver Street for a few hours.
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Amy Calder: A short, but memorable acquaintance
The mystery of a homing pigeon that appeared last weekend at Amy Calder’s sister’s house in Skowhegan led to a journey to find the bird’s owner and while some questions were answered, others remain elusive.