Many employees have been reassigned to other jobs within the health care system as elective procedures and appointments have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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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Police investigate apparent accidental death of Oakland man
Robert Wade, 25, was found dead Tuesday night in his apartment on Heath Street in Oakland, police say.
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Waterville council OKs agreement to build Main Street turn lane
The Waterville City Council on Tuesday also took the first of two votes needed to amend the public safety ordinance to add a fee schedule for emergency medical care and ambulance transport.
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Former commercial garage in Detroit destroyed by fire
Firefighters late Monday were able to prevent the garage fire at 443 Troy Road from spreading to a nearby house.
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Winslow considers buying two used ambulances
The Winslow Town Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday to consider authorizing the town manager to buy two used ambulances and necessary equipment to transport patients to hospitals.
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Waterville school board approves social worker positions, hiring driver’s ed instructor
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday night voted to add a driver’s education teacher and two half-time social worker positions into the proposed $25.8 million school budget for 2020-21.
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‘Distance learning’ a work in progress for Waterville
Schools Superintendent Eric Haley said administrators on Tuesday will meet to discuss how all schools can be more consistent in developing remote learning plans while he commended staff for their work distributing thousands of meals.
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Another turn lane proposed from upper Main Street onto Waterville Commons Drive
The City Council on Tuesday will consider approving an agreement between the city and state to add another left-turn lane from Main Street to Waterville Commons Drive.
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Waterville man charged with threatening people with a firearm
Abdulrashid Bilal, 23, of Waterville, was arrested early Friday after allegedly threatening three people in a home with a firearm, believing one owed him money, according to police.
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Amy Calder: Finding the silver linings during a pandemic
As terrible as the coronavirus pandemic is, there are some good things happening in our changed world, Amy Calder writes.