Marden’s Surplus & Salvage is proposing the mall be built on the former Weathervane property on Kennedy Memorial Drive.
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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Waterville agency seeks more volunteer drivers amid dip in help
John Bryant and another 90 or so drivers take people who are elderly, poor, suffering from an illness or special needs, or are disabled to appointments and jobs throughout central Maine.
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Waterville clubhouse for those with mental illness gets international distinction
About 79 percent of High Hopes Clubhouse active members were trained for jobs and remain employed.
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Waterville mom: Operation HOPE saved my daughter
Waterville police department program helped 27-year-old get into an addiction treatment facility in Virginia.
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Amy Calder: Watch out for the deer
After colliding with a deer on Interstate 95 at peak season for such incidents, Amy Calder finds that such accidents in Maine are counted in the thousands and that it’s good to be alive.
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Messalonskee grad earns U.S. Army’s 2017 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award
Ryan McCarthy, 28, of Belgrade Lakes, prepared for a year to compete in the U.S. Army’s Best Warrior Competition and earned top honors in the grueling test in October.
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MaineGeneral gives food to local groups to help feed those in need
Food not sold at the Thayer Center for Health cafeteria is donated to a local homeless shelter and sandwich program.
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Fairfield man, 87, donates giant spruce tree to city of Waterville
Joe Lemieux planted the tree many years ago on his front lawn and decorated it every Christmas until it became too tall.
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Waterville Parade of Lights, opening of Kringleville to kick off holiday season Friday
Santa Claus’ house has been returned to Castonguay Square after a three-year hiatus.
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Waterville council to consider buying new gate system for public works, parks and recreation complex
Purchase of a new radar speed sign also will be considered at the Tuesday meeting.