At least two councilors say they will not sign a letter Mayor Nick Isgro and Councilor Rick Foss, R-Ward 5, want to send to Gov. Mills, offering to help determine how to safely open more businesses.
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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Four arrested, suspect at large after motorcycle chase in Canaan, Pittsfield
Deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and a wrecker driver were allegedly punched by family members of a motorcyclist who led a deputy sheriff on a high-speed chase Sunday night through Canaan and Pittsfield.
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Amy Calder: Students spend emotional last moments before leaving school for good
Fifth graders, teachers get a last look at each other at the Albert S. Hall School in Waterville as students pick up their belongings and move on to the junior high next year.
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Hartland residents fear impact of tannery’s closure
Diminishing demand for leather products during the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty about reinvigorating that demand led Tasman Leather Group to decide to close the tannery this summer, putting 115 people out of work.
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Skowhegan, Norridgewock men charged in recent heroin busts
Ronald Bubier, 32, of Skowhegan, and Jarrod Russell, 37, of Norridgewock, were arrested and charged in separate incidents over the last two weeks.
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Longtime Skowhegan police officer’s home heavily damaged by fire
The fire reported at 7 Dinsmore St. in Skowhegan early Wednesday damaged about half of the duplex where police Officer Joel Cummings, his wife Michelle, Michelle’s sister, Melanie Alexander, and her daughter, Alexis, lived.
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Waterville City Council approves emergency housing agreement with Thomas College
The agreement allows emergency workers, including police officers and firefighters, to live in Thomas College dormitory rooms if they are healthy but were exposed — or fear they were exposed — to the coronavirus.
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Former Canaan motel burglarized, new hot water heater stolen
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft at the Lake George Motel on Main Street in Canaan.
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Madison woman hospitalized with severe leg injury after Palmyra crash
Katia Graves, 31, of Madison, was flown by helicopter to a Bangor hospital Saturday night with a severe leg injury after losing control of the Jeep she was driving on Estes Road.
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Local hairstylists return to work, follow state guidelines
Wearing masks, sanitizing thoroughly, having clients wait in their vehicles until summoned for appointments are just some of the new rules hair salons must abide by during the coronavirus pandemic.