New Dimensions Federal Credit Union on Friday was busy all day, with vehicles lined up to use two outside ATMs and the drive-up window as CEO Ryan Poulin walked to cars to chat with members.
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 police looking for suspect in stabbing incident
Chad Andrews, 39, allegedly stabbed a man early Friday in the back of the head and fled a Silver Street apartment building before police could search it.
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Legally blind Oakland man, wife face eviction during coronavirus pandemic
Doug Handy, 58, and his wife, Evelyn, 60, have lived in their mobile home 11 years and got an eviction notice March 25 saying they need to move out by April 25.
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Horse dies after falling in old well in Harmony
A horse stepped on a cesspool cover off Brown Road in Harmony Tuesday and went into about 8 feet of water but died before it could be rescued.
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Waterville council votes to suspend plastic bag ordinance
Councilors also got an update from City Manager Michael Roy about how the coronavirus situation is likely to affect the proposed 2020-21 municipal budget.
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MaineGeneral announces first coronavirus-related death at Augusta hospital
Meanwhile, of 4,500 employees in the MaineGeneral Health system, about 140 are expected to be working from home, once software is set up for them to do so.
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City budget review, bag ban suspension on Waterville agenda
The Waterville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday to review an updated preliminary city budget whose numbers look a lot different than they did two weeks ago because of changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amy Calder: Coronavirus outbreak brings new reality of living in fear
While journalists may be fearful during times like this, it’s the first responders who really are on the front lines and facing the greatest danger, columnist Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville council votes to disband COVID-19 panel
The City Council on Thursday also voted to allow the mayor, or the council chairman, in the absence of the mayor, to call council meetings with 24-hour notice.
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Coronavirus testing site operating in Waterville
Northern Light Inland Hospital operates its Medical Screening Site in the parking lot of Faith Evangelical Free Church from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday this week, with hours to possibly change next week.