Waterville City Hall, closed to the public since March 15 because of the coronavirus pandemic, reopened officially and is open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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 Planning Board delays vote on solar farm requests
The Waterville Planning Board lost its livestream link to its meeting Monday and decided to postpone voting on whether to recommend rezoning properties on County and Webb roads to allow for solar farms.
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Amy Calder: Making it work, during a pandemic
Erica Pelotte bought a restaurant business in downtown Waterville in August and had to close in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, but she has reopened and is working harder than ever to make the eatery successful.
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Waterville City Council to consider borrowing $1 million for downtown project
Councilors on Tuesday also will consider whether to keep the Alfond Municipal Pool closed this season due to the coronavirus pandemic, and closing part of Silver Street to allow for more outdoor dining downtown.
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Amy Calder: Acknowledging our human connection
If we don’t see ourselves as being connected during the coronavirus pandemic, we are doomed, Amy Calder writes.
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Some summer camps in Waterville area to open this summer
Most summer camps in the Waterville area plan to open this summer, following guidelines of the Maine Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, while others have decided not to open because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterville’s Bill Mitchell gets national magazine award
Mitchell, owner of GHM Agency in downtown Waterville, was chosen from among more than 35,000 independent insurance agencies around the country to receive the Rough Notes Community Service Award.
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Garages destroyed by fire as man burns leaves in Embden
About 50 firefighters from several towns battled a blaze Sunday that destroyed two garages on Embden Pond and spread into the woods. Firefighters were able to prevent serious damage to a nearby camp.
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Skowhegan girl, 16, helps rescue father and sister after boat capsizes
Kiana French swam the length of six football fields to shore Sunday after the aluminum boat in which she, her father and sister were fishing on Parlin Pond took on water and capsized in high winds.
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Central Maine communities find ways to remember those who died serving country
The Tardiff-Belanger American Legion Post 39 and Auxiliary held remembrance ceremonies Monday at six sites in Starks, Anson and Madison.