Colby College, which owns the property, plans to build a boutique hotel this year on the lot, with plans to open in 2020.
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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Greg Bazakas elected to Ward 2 Waterville Board of Education seat
Bazakas, a clinical social worker and therapist, was chosen Monday over one other candidate; Sara Sylvester was re-elected board chairman and Joan Phillips-Sandy was re-elected executive secretary.
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Waterville council to interview five candidates for Ward 2 seat
At Tuesday’s meeting, councilors also will consider taking the first of two needed votes to accept a $7.3 million federal grant for downtown revitalization work.
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Maine Children’s Home seeks funding for early childhood education, care center
The private, nonprofit, child-focused Waterville organization will have to reduce the number of children it serves in The Children’s Place program if funds are not found by summer, officials said.
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Waterville school board to interview candidate for Ward 2 seat
Greg Bazakas, a parent and clinical social worker-therapist, is the only candidate who submitted a letter of interest to the board to fill the position vacated by Susan Reisert, Waterville Schools Superintendent Eric Haley said.
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Warden service offers snowmobile safety reminders in wake of season’s 1st fatality
Wearing a helmet, leaving an itinerary and driving at a speed that allows time to avoid obstacles are key steps to ensuring a safe, enjoyable outing.
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Long Pond man dies in first snowmobile fatality of the season
Bryan Sylvester, 57, apparently struck a large snowdrift about a mile and a half from his home, according to a warden official.
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Governor Mills’ Day of Service in Waterville nets more than 2,000 pounds of food for the needy
United Way of Mid-Maine hosted a CANstruction contest Saturday in Waterville with six teams that collected food, built sculptures and distributed the food to three counties.
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Waterville boy, 15, rescued from deep hole
Dias Greene, 15, was exploring on a recreational trail with a friend Saturday when he slipped into a hole created in the root system of a fallen tree and was stuck there until firefighters rescued him.
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Discounted permit fee granted to Waterville youth center stirs controversy
After the city was criticized for cutting $27,000 from a $30,700 building permit for the Alfond Youth Center’s family wellness center, a youth center official said it is willing to pay the full fee.