Jerald Hurdle, who had planned a car and dog wash on the site before his zoning request failed, said the buildings were uninhabitable.
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 Main Street’s Olsen: ‘Waterville is in this great place and the trajectory is clear’
The Main Street office manager will continue running the office until board of directors decides on its next move.
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Waterville woman arrested after pickup careens into City Hall parking area
Natalie Johansmeier was arrested for driving with a suspended license and on two moving violation warrants after her truck hit the city manager’s truck and the code enforcement officer’s car.
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LePage fields questions at Waterville ‘town hall’ meeting
The forum gives the governor another chance to call for eliminating the state income tax.
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Vassalboro woman tries to make a difference with anonymous care packages
The mother of four, who doesn’t want to be identified publicly, leaves packages with blankets and other items in communities throughout the state because ‘a little thing can change someone’s day.’
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Residents raise concerns about I-95 interchange at Trafton Road in Waterville
The $4.8 million project is to be financed with state, private and federal money.
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Former Waterville High school principal Reiter will not appeal dismissal
Don Reiter’s lawyer announced the decision not to appeal as the 30-day window for such action since his Nov. 16 firing by the Waterville Board of Education drew to a close.
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Waterville council OKs lease with Black Bear Aviation
The City Council also bade farewell to two councilors and voted to put $1,500 toward a South End recreational trail.
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Care packages for the less fortunate left anonymously on Waterville streets
Ziploc bags left on Main Street this week contain blankets, toiletries, snacks, but no one knows who is leaving them.
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Taco Bell seeks zoning change to open on Waterville’s upper Main Street
The City Council Tuesday will consider referring the zoning matter to the Planning Board for public hearing and recommendation.