Anyone interested in serving on the city’s Charter Commission is asked to send a letter of interest to the city clerk by Nov. 27, according to City Solicitor William A. Lee III, who said the council will appoint three new members on Dec. 3.
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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Couple charged in Madison drug bust scheduled for court
Timmy Smith was arrested Wednesday and his wife, Danielle Smith, was summoned, after officials from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office searched their home and seized fentanyl, according to Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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Waterville council postpones voting on ambulance issue
Councilors vote to postpone deciding whether to override Mayor Nick Isgro’s veto of a vote to buy two used ambulances for $131,000 until Nov. 19.
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Police help FBI search house, vehicles at Waterville property
Waterville police and Waldo County Sheriff officers were at a house on Elmwood Avenue Wednesday morning, assisting federal officers in a search of a home and vehicles parked in the driveway.
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Waterville voters elect three new councilors, reelect school board member
Newcomers Flavia M. Oliveira, Claude R. Francke and Richard Andrew Foss were elected to the City Council and Hillary Koch defeated Mayor Nick Isgro for a seat on the Charter Commission.
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Music and musical theater: Balm to the soul
There’s nothing like the thrill of waiting for the curtain to rise on a good musical, or hearing the first notes of a live symphony orchestra, and both are available right in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville council reassessing decision to buy ambulances
Mayor Nick Isgro has issued a memo to councilors asking them to postpone voting on the override to allow more time for vetting of a plan for the city to develop its own patient transport ambulance service.
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Waterville candidates seek council, school board, charter commission spots
The election will be held 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 5 at Thomas College
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Mourners gather to remember slain Waterville mother
Melissa Sousa, 29, of 32 Gold St., was killed last week, allegedly by Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, her longtime live-in boyfriend and the father of the couple’s 8-year-old twin daughters.
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Donations for family of murdered Waterville woman stolen
Police said donation canisters at three Dunkin’ Donuts shops in Waterville to benefit the family of Melissa Sousa were stolen over the weekend.