Fire Chief David LaFountain warns that people should not remove batteries from smoke detectors, as happened when the Feb. 1 fire broke out on Summer Street.
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 inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Alfond Foundation will pay college debt of those who commit to Maine-based companies
The initiative is offering up to $60,000 per student for workers in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Colby College seeking Waterville’s approval for student complex
The proposed $25 million five-story building downtown would include retail on the ground floor.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Albion man, 80, who lost home attends LePage State of the State address
The governor tried to help Richard Sukeforth and his wife after the town of Albion foreclosed on their property and evicted them.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Waterville to consider giving Colby tax break on key downtown property
The potential tax break would apply to part of The Concourse, which the college wants to renovate and use for student housing.
Posted inArt, Life & Culture, Local & State
Benefactors give Colby College art museum a gift worth $100 million – again
The donation by Peter and Paula Lunder will launch the Lunder Institute for American Art and elevate the college as a global research center on American art.
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Firefighters rescue two residents – and one of their own – in Waterville apartment fire
There were smoke detectors in the Summer Street building, but the batteries had been removed.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage pushes bill to prevent foreclosure on Maine’s elderly
The governor worked on the measure after Albion foreclosed on the home of an 80-year-old couple.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Two arrested after Waterville drug deal gone bad leads to wounds
Police said a drug dealer driving an SUV was stabbed in the torso and suffered serious wounds, and the man who allegedly stabbed him was dragged or run over by the vehicle.
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Colby College picks Portland firm to build boutique hotel in Waterville
The college also reports progress on other projects as it infuses millions of dollars into downtown revitalization.