The council also took a first vote to approve a tax break for the retail part of building, but Colby will pay extra money in lieu of paying taxes on the residential part of building
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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Alfond Foundation announces new student debt relief program at Waterville event
The foundation would contribute $5.5 million toward the program, which would pay up to half of a qualifying student’s loan debt if the student commits to working in Maine for at least five years.
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Sale of Concourse land to build Colby residential complex on Waterville council agenda
Councilors are expected to consider a tax agreement and a development plan for the $25 million project, which would house retail businesses on the ground floor.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider final plans for $25 million Colby downtown residential complex
The building on the northeast part of The Concourse would house about 200 students in a special civic engagement program.
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Public works budgets in Augusta, Waterville areas stretched thin by ice, storms
The departments have already exceeded their snow removal budgets for the year, and more snow is predicted overnight Wednesday.
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Central Maine superintendents weigh options for making up for snow days
As Augusta and Waterville area communities still were digging out Tuesday, school officials monitored reports about another storm expected from Wednesday into Thursday.
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Waterville Board of Education to host educational forum on budget
The public is invited to Wednesday meeting at 6 p.m. in Trask Auditorium at Waterville Senior High School.
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Director says Waterville public works crew tired but determined
Plow truck operators working long hours on little sleep dealing with back-to-back storms from last week that culminated in the blizzard Sunday night into Monday.
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Babe’s Shoe Repair in Waterville closes as owner retires after 37 years
Owner Fred Murphy plans to retire to his blueberry farm in China after working for decades as a cobbler in the city.
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Slippery roads cited in Waterville car crash that sends 3 to hospital
The crash on College Avenue was one of several that occurred Friday morning in the Waterville area, a day after a nor’easter brought about 10 inches of snow to most areas of central Maine.