The fast-food company wants to build a 1,700-square-foot restaurant at 345 Main St.
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.
Waterville council votes 7-0 to sell part of Concourse to Colby for dorm
Some downtown business owners urged a delay; others said now is the time to seize the opportunity.
Waterville, other communities to hear trash disposal alternative as PERC contracts near end
Representatives from Fiberight, a waste to energy plant in Hampden, will speak to Waterville and Augusta-area officials about an option for municipal garbage disposal.
Waterville downtown traffic study kicks off
The city, Colby College and the state Department of Transportation say the study, due to be completed by the end of June, is needed because of the ongoing downtown revitalization effort.
Waterville to consider adopting moratorium on marijuana-related businesses
City Councilors will take a first vote Tuesday on banning pot operations for 180 days while the city decides where such businesses would be located and how they would be regulated.
China Lake, Waterville landmarks to get national TV exposure
A fishing tournament will be shown on the Outdoor Channel television show “Fishing University.”
Waterville officials, Colby agree on $300,000 for Concourse property
The City Council will take the first of two votes Tuesday on whether to sell the 0.77-acre parcel to Colby College, which plans to build a downtown dormitory.
Three suspected drug dealers arrested at ‘beehive’ in Waterville
Nearly $32,000 in cash was seized and 2-year-old was taken by DHHS after Wednesday night’s search of an apartment on Elm Street.
Construction to start soon at Waterville’s former Seton Hospital site
Developer Kevin Mattson is working on a Woodfords Family Services school while renovating the former hospital building into residential and commercial space.
Woman reports being accosted by gunman in downtown Waterville
Police flood the area of The Concourse after the afternoon confrontation, but they find no one matching his description.