Since 2002, Peter and Paula Lunder have given more than $5 million to Thomas College, including a $1.7 million gift in 2015 that established the Center for Innovation in Education.
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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Amy Calder: Closing up camp bittersweet
While leaving a summer cottage is sad, Amy Calder writes, the coming of fall at home promises new adventures.
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Waterville council to consider rezoning request for pot store
City councilors on Tuesday will consider whether to follow the recommendation of the Planning Board, which voted 4-3 Monday not to recommend the council rezone part of 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive so an adult-use marijuana store may open there.
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Skowhegan natives revealed as $10 million donors to University of Maine building
E. James ‘Jim’ Ferland and Eileen P. Ferland donated the funds in March 2018 to help build the Engineering Education and Design Center, which will be named for the couple.
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More than 400 turn out for open house at The Elm in Waterville
Waterville businessman Bill Mitchell renovated the former American Legion Hall at 21 College Ave., where live music, celebrations, comedy performances and other events will be held.
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Waterville 9/11 vigil draws 50 people at the RiverWalk
Firefighters, ambulance workers, legislators and others turned out for the 6 p.m. event Wednesday along the Kennebec River to remember those who died 18 years ago in the terrorist attacks.
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Skowhegan man arrested on drug charges after search of home, vehicle
Jason Keaten, 39, is in Somerset County Jail after law enforcement officials searched his home early Wednesday on Hilltop Drive, seizing Fentanyl, drug paraphernalia and cash, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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Preliminary plan unveiled for $9.14 million project to improve downtown Waterville
About 100 people turned out Tuesday for a meeting to discuss future downtown improvements, including making Main and Front streets two-way.
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Waterville Planning Board torpedoes request to rezone property for marijuana store
Tod and Jewel Currie want to sell 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive to Remington Street Properties, which hopes to open an adult-use marijuana store there, but the planning board on Monday voted 4-3 to reject the request to rezone the location to allow the business.
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Amy Calder: The magic of The Lost Kitchen
Amy Calder sings the praises of the farm-to-table eatery in the tiny town of Freedom that has a huge following nationally.