The 10-member Charter Commission will review and make any needed changes to the City Charter, which is like a local constitution that governs how the city operates.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
A 34 million-gallon sewer leak in Waterville highlights infrastructure needs, official says
Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District Superintendent Timothy LeVasseur said Tuesday that 34 million, not 15 million, gallons of sewage flowed into the Kennebec River when a sewer main broke.
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Waterville pipe break dumps 15 million gallons of sewage into Kennebec River
The Nov. 29 break was sparked by the unusual placement of a sewer pipe inside a stormwater pipe on Water Street in the 1970s and then encasing it in concrete.
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Amy Calder: An extraordinary Christmas gift
Travis Conway, 40, got a new heart when he was 13 and now has a new kidney, thanks to a former classmate who donated one to a kidney bank so he could receive one that was a match.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Woman robbed while making night deposit at Waterville bank
A woman making a deposit at Kennebec Savings Bank on Main Street at 7:48 p.m. Thursday reported being grabbed from behind by a white male who took the money bag and ran, according to Waterville Deputy police Chief Bill Bonney.
Posted inLocal & State
Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82
Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville council extends Yardgoods parking permits
Parking issues on The Concourse prompted the council Tuesday to extend for 90 days special permits for people who take knitting classes at Yardgoods Center.
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Waterville council overrides mayor’s veto on ambulance purchases
Purchase of ambulances will go through the bid process, which was not previously followed, and the council also appointed three people to the charter commission, increasing the number of members to 10.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville church move stalled as planners debate nonprofits, taxes
At issue is whether a zoning change should be allowed so the the First Congregational United Church of Christ, a nonprofit, can move into a building that’s in a commercial zone.
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Waterville council to consider overriding mayor’s veto on ambulance vote
The City Council on Tuesday will also consider appointing three more people to the city’s charter commission, which already has seven members.