Liz Steele, 50, of Dexter, is helping the family of Kayla Veilleux, 14, who needs a bone marrow transplant to treat aplastic anemia.
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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Incubated Waterville businesses ready to leave Main Street program’s nest
Barrels Community Market and Common Street Arts, two downtown enterprises launched by the Waterville Main Street program, are spinning off on their own to become independent entities.
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Waterville airport renovations should spur economic growth, officials say
Waterville’s Robert LaFleur Municipal Airport is positioned for growth, now that the area around it has received foreign trade zone status, the terminal has been renovated, equipment bought and the crosswind runway paved, officials said.
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Waterville city councilors agree to change appointment process
Waterville city councilors this week voted to change the city’s administrative ordinance to say that all terms for those boards will expire at the same time, in December.
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3 arrested in Waterville drug bust
Waterville police arrested three people Wednesday, seizing drugs including cocaine, heroin and pills.
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Leaner Waterville schools, city budget faces final votes Tuesday
Waterville city councilors will consider final votes on a proposed $36.4 million municipal and school budget for 2013-14, cut down last week from $37.7 million.
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Madison woman goes the extra miles for schoolchildren
Linda Theberge, 47, of Madison, has logged more than 300,000 miles driving Madison-area children to Mount Merici Academy in Waterville over the last 25 years.
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New Waterville police station to open in early July
Waterville police and their staff plan to move into their new $3.4 million, 12,000-square-foot brick station on Colby Street the first week in July.
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Wandering Fairfield toddlers’ parents charged with child endangerment
Christopher Whitten-Drummond, 30, Michael Stewart, and Cayann Vigue, 28, all of Fairfield, face criminal charges after their young children were found wandering the city unattended in recent days.
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Waterville Mayor Karen Heck won’t seek re-election
Waterville Mayor Karen Heck announced she will not seek re-election following the end of her term next year.