Harris, who starred in the 2005 HBO film “Empire Falls,” which was filmed in Waterville, says the city holds a “fond place in my heart.”
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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Children’s Discovery Museum to start leasing Waterville church this summer
Members of the Waterville City Council on Wednesday toured the First Congregational United Church of Christ on Eustis Parkway with museum officials.
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Cannon in Waterville’s Castonguay Square moved to Veterans Memorial Park
The German howitzer was requisitioned by the local Waterville American Legion and placed in Castonguay Square in 1925, where it remained for 94 years until Wednesday.
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Waterville council takes first votes to further Golden Pond Wealth Management expansion
Residents of Wilson Park objected to a proposed addition to the financial services firm at 129 Silver St., saying they worry about what would happen to the building if it were sold in the future.
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Waterville council to address request by financial services business to expand
The City Council on Tuesday also will consider increasing the cost of purple plastic trash bags by $1 per package for the next four years to make trash and recycling collection a self-supporting operation.
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Clean up, grand re-opening planned for Waterville Oxbow Trail
Kennebec Messalonskee Trails and Five County Credit Union will host a cleanup and grand re-opening of the Oxbow Trail off Cool Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 1, National Trails Day.
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Car struck by mail truck hops curb, crashes on steps of Waterville business
No one was injured Monday when a mail truck exiting Getchell Street onto College Avenue struck a Mustang convertible, sending the convertible over a curb and knocking down a fire hydrant before landing on the second step of R.E. Drapeau Inc.
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Amy Calder: Waterville woman ‘grateful to be alive’
Rebecca Nadeau, 38, lost both legs six months ago to what doctors diagnosed as compartment syndrome, but she is adjusting to her misfortune, looking forward and moving on.
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Fairfield junk piles keep growing on US Route 201
Fairfield plans to schedule a meeting with the town attorney and town council to consider next steps for dealing with Robert Dale’s property on Skowhegan Road, according to Fairfield Town Manager Michelle Flewelling.
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Woman crashes car into Waterville nursing home
A woman, 69, apparently pressed the gas instead of the brake Wednesday morning, crashing the car she was driving into a metal column at the entryway to Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home on Highwood Street.