The annual events typically draw thousands to the city’s downtown to help usher in the holiday season.
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 looks to buy First Congregational Church in Waterville
The City Council on Tuesday will consider referring to the Planning Board a request that planners hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to the council on whether to rezone the church property.
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Waterville area fire departments struggle with staffing
Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield and Oakland working to find creative solutions to call firefighter shortages and budget issues.
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Historian Earl H. Smith presents new history of Waterville
Author and historian Earl H. Smith talked about the city’s history, including its immigrants, at the launch of “Water Village, The Story of Waterville, Maine.”
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Conversion of Waterville convent into apartments on planners’ agenda
A developer is seeking to turn the former Mount Merici convent on Chase Avenue into housing for the elderly.
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Waterville residents work to re-imagine Castonguay Square in downtown
About 35 people turn out for a public workshop Wednesday to help redesign the park next to City Hall.
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Book about Waterville’s history to be launched Thursday
Author Earl H. Smith will read from “Water Village, the Story of Waterville, Maine,” in the Waterville Opera House, after a reception in the lobby of City Hall.
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Public invited to workshop Wednesday to help redesign Waterville park
Castonguay Square, next to City Hall, will be expanded when The Center is transformed into a center for art and film.
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Waterville appoints councilors to marijuana study panel
The council on Wednesday also authorized fire Chief Shawn Esler to execute mutual aid agreements with surrounding municipalities.
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Waterville elects four new city councilors, re-elects two school board members
Michael Morris defeated Catherine Weeks by only four votes in the race for City Council in Ward 1.