The bowling alley will be renovated for the Centerpoint Community Church’s growing congregation as the owner also moves to sell his alleys in Hallowell and Lewiston.
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Elm Plaza owners seek tax financing deal to expand
Documents filed with the city said Kmart’s lease would not be renewed, but the plaza’s owners say talks about a new agreement are continuing.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Two arrested in Waterville burglary and copper theft
Police arrested two suspects in the theft of copper piping from a vacant building after spotting them playing basketball on a city schoolyard at 11:30 p.m.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Deal saves Waterville’s Champions Fitness Center
The upper Main Street fixture for decades was within weeks of closing when its operator and the owner of the adjacent Elm Plaza found a way to save it
Posted inLocal & State, News
Thayer Center for Health on track for Oct. 25 grand opening
The $16 million transition from an inpatient hospital to an outpatient center expected to handle 1,000 patients each day is nearing completion.
Posted inSchools and Education
Rotary-sponsored Waterville learning trail aids kids’ development
Community organizations are campaigning to encourage early reading and improved attendance in Waterville schools.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville to undergo $305,000 property revaluation
The City Council has approved a professional study of property values that will be reflected in August 2016 tax bills.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville council OKs Trafton Road interchange agreement
The vote supports a plan to build a new Interstate 95 interchange at the road, which many of the road’s residents said they oppose.
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Probe not definite in Quebec plane involving Oakland pilot
Canada authorities say it “will be a long time” before there are any conclusions in the crash that killed Bill McKay.
Posted inSchools and Education
Colby inaugurates new president Saturday
David Greene will assume the presidency of the 201-year-old Waterville liberal arts college.