The event is designed to let students and the community get acquainted, while also exploring ways to make downtown Waterville more friendly to pedestrians.
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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Waterville businessman buys 2 historic downtown buildings
Bill Mitchell hopes to open a restaurant and to lease space to artists and other professionals.
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Waterville to sell downtown building to artists for $10,500
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Colby College to buy another building on Waterville’s Main Street
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Fairfield motorcyclist dies from Waterville crash injuries
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Colby freshmen to create pop-up parks during orientation
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Motorcyclist critically injured in Waterville crash involving 2 SUVs
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Festival at the Falls to become part of a big Waterville weekend
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Hebron teen injured in Interstate 95 rollover in Sidney
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New Waterville Opera House director abruptly resigns
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