The fire reported at 2:40 a.m. Monday destroyed a vacant building which formerly was a restaurant and then pawn shop at the corner of Main Street and Oak Pond Road.
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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Maine Forest Service rangers help investigate Waterville fire
The Forest Service was called in to help investigate the cause of a fire at 13 Morrill Ave. in Waterville that heavily damaged the building Tuesday and displaced 14 tenants.
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Fire, smoke damage three-story apartment building in Waterville
Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler said later Tuesday that he is recommending first-floor tenant Aaron Brunelle for a life-saving award because he got tenants out, including three children and a dog on the third floor.
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Hartland fire destroys home, leaving couple homeless
Thomas Braley and his wife had no insurance on the house at 117 Athens Road, which had no smoke detectors inside, according to Fire Chief Charles Gould.
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Northern Light Health offers voluntary furloughs, but will not lay off workers
Many employees have been reassigned to other jobs within the health care system as elective procedures and appointments have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Police investigate apparent accidental death of Oakland man
Robert Wade, 25, was found dead Tuesday night in his apartment on Heath Street in Oakland, police say.
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MaineGeneral announces first coronavirus-related death at Augusta hospital
Meanwhile, of 4,500 employees in the MaineGeneral Health system, about 140 are expected to be working from home, once software is set up for them to do so.
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Waterville council votes to disband COVID-19 panel
The City Council on Thursday also voted to allow the mayor, or the council chairman, in the absence of the mayor, to call council meetings with 24-hour notice.
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Waterville council to consider dissolving coronavirus committee after legal hiccups
The City Council at a special meeting Thursday will consider disbanding a subcommittee that had been meeting illegally and instead authorize the city manager to spend up to $150,000 on coronavirus-related emergency needs.
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Waterville scrambles to meet public meeting laws
The COVID-19 subcommittee met again Monday and discussed how to move forward in light of the fact that the city has no provision in its charter to allow for it to make big decisions in emergencies.