Mayor Nick Isgro had warned he would veto it if councilors adopted school board recommendations to include two teacher aides and security cameras for Waterville Senior High School.
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 councilor to keep her seat
Lauren Lessing, who represents Ward 3, was found not to be in violation of the city charter.
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Waterville council to consider vote on municipal, school budgets
Mayor, city manager say the proposal represents a good compromise.
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Film festival wraps up by honoring outgoing director Shannon Haines
About 9,000 people attended the 20th annual festival over 10 days, organizers say.
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Proposed Penny Hill Park project on Waterville Planning Board agenda
20,000-square-foot building would house offices and possible retail businesses.
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Waterville art show exhibit aims to challenge way we look at, listen to and think about film
The Maine International Film Festival’s ‘MIFFONEDGE’ audiovisual exhibit at downtown gallery is free and open to public for duration of festival.
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‘It’s a great thing to do,’ says China Lake loon counter
Norval and Karen Garnett and their grandson, Calder Amoroso, 2, take part in Maine Audubon’s annual Loon Count.
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Attendees at film festival workshop in Waterville learn outdoor video projection
LumenARRT! seeks to promote social, political and environmental justice by projecting large images and messages on buildings and other structures.
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Police search 2 water wells in probe of Fairfield woman’s 1976 disappearance
Convicted killer Albert Cochran, who died recently, told police that Pauline Rourke’s remains were in a well in the Smithfield area.
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Upper Main Street in Waterville to see traffic pattern change Sunday night
A company will install a water main for the Pine Tree Mall property, prompting lane changes in the heavily trafficked business area.