Work is scheduled to start after the pool facility closes in August, and a second phase of work on the main and kiddie pools will happen next year, according to City Manager Michael Roy.
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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LePage blasts bank’s ‘discharge’ of Waterville mayor because of ‘eat it’ tweet
Gov. Paul LePage expresses support for Nick Isgro, who was recently dismissed by Skowhegan Savings Bank over a tweet criticizing a school shooting survivor.
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Colby College to buy and raze Camden National building in Waterville to build hotel
The bank says it will move into a new mixed-use complex Colby is building down the street.
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Waterville native buys former Boys & Girls Club building
Uria Pelletier, who owns Kavestone LLC with his wife, Angela, plans to renovate the 6 Main Place property.
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Escaped bull shot dead after chase in Skowhegan
Police Chief David Bucknam says the animal was acting aggressively and heading toward a crowd of about 50 people.
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Friends remember Norridgewock victim as giving, caring, hardworking
State police continue to investigate the slaying of Marie Lancaster-Hale and say William Hale, who shot her and then himself, left instructions for his elderly mother’s care.
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Norridgewock couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide, police say
They appear to have died from gunshot wounds and were found in their home on Route 2, a state police spokesman says.
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Vietnam vets get a welcome home at Waterville breakfast
Travis Mills and his organization hosted the affair attended by more than 200, including Dottie McGuirk, a 20-year Air Force nurse.
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LePage slams municipal group as ‘enemy of elderly’ over foreclosure bill changes
In a radio address and interview, Gov. Paul LePage lashed out at legislators and the Maine Municipal Association for watering down his bill to protect the elderly from tax lien foreclosure.
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Colby College to pursue hotel plan after dropping Portland-based developer
A Colby spokesperson issued a statement Tuesday reaffirming that the college had terminated its agreement with The Olympia Cos. and its owner.