Water service was restored late Tuesday to businesses in Shaw’s Plaza and those on Kennedy Memorial Drive after workers repaired a 12-inch water main break at the entrance to the plaza that was reported around noon.
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 Officer Timothy Hinton, dispatchers honored
Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey presented Officer Timothy Hinton with the Police Department’s Medal of Valor on Tuesday for his work during a high-speed chase Dec. 22, 2019, in which Hinton was shot twice.
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Waterville businesses without water as crews work to fix main break
The water main break at the entrance to Shaw’s Plaza off Kennedy Memorial Drive occurred around noon and crews shut off water service at 4 p.m. and it is expected to be off for at least several hours.
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Waterville Council to discuss Trafton Road reconstruction
State funding is now available for reconstructing Trafton Road, with the city’s share of the $4.3 million project $500,000, according to City Manager Michael Roy.
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Amy Calder: The ‘Iceman’ is a role model of the finest kind
Bert Languet has for years volunteered time and funds to develop recreational facilities for children and adults, with the latest being an ice skating rink next to City Hall in Waterville.
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Memorial services set for 3 youths who died in Clinton crash
In the dark of night Wednesday, battery-operated candles lit a memorial at the pine tree on Hinckley Road where the crash occurred, 6 miles from Route 23 and 2 miles from downtown Clinton.
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Water main breaks in downtown Waterville
Crews from the Kennebec Water District repaired a break early Thursday in a 12-inch water main on Appleton Street. The break caused erosion, broke up pavement and required the downtown street be closed for several hours.
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Visiting hours, celebration of life planned for Clinton crash victims
A public visiting followed by a celebration of life for Thomas Porfirio, 15, one of the victims of Sunday’s car crash in Clinton, will be held Saturday at the Williamson Performing Arts Center at the Lawrence High School-Junior High Complex.
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Waterville panel explores budget-approval timetables for city, schools
The Charter Commission discussed Tuesday whether it makes sense for the City Council to take final votes on the proposed municipal and school budgets when the school budget is not yet finalized.
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Answers come slowly in Clinton triple-fatal accident investigation
Clinton police were conducting interviews Tuesday afternoon in an attempt to draw a picture of what happened prior to Sunday’s 7:15 am. crash on Hinckley Road.