George J. Mitchell School Principal Kim Taylor reported some kindergarten students entered school last year not knowing how to interact with other children, play or wait in line because they had had no social interaction during the pandemic.
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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With dozens of openings, Waterville schools face staffing shortage
Waterville Public Schools has 38 job openings for teachers, educational technicians, administrators, coaches and other positions.
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Maine International Film Festival in Waterville went ‘so, so tremendously well,’ organizers say
The 25th annual festival, known as MIFF, drew filmmakers from as far as California, Mexico and the United Kingdom and moviegoers from all over the world, according to festival director.
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Death of man whose body found outside Waterville apartment building not suspicious, police say
Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey identified the man found dead on the steps of an Oak Street apartment building early Monday as Ivory Shoulders, 36.
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Waterville police investigate death of man found on apartment house steps
Body was discovered early Monday at 13 Oak St., where tenants said he lived.
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Acquisition of Hampden recycling and waste-to-energy plant expected within two weeks
The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the solid waste interests of 115 Maine municipalities, plans to buy the plant and updated the public Wednesday on the progress of the purchase.
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State board reinstates Waterville doctor’s medical license
Dr. Paul Gosselin was suspended from practice in November by the state Board of Osteopathic Licensure after it found evidence he was spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
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MRC now in position to purchase Hampden recycling, waste-to-energy facility
The Municipal Review Committee announced Wednesday that no qualified bidders have come forward to buy the defunct Coastal Resources of Maine plant, which means the MRC is now poised to take ownership of it for $1.5 million.
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‘It’s hard to give it up, but I don’t want it to get into the wrong hands,’ says gun owner at Waterville’s ‘gun giveback’ event
The Waterville Police Department teamed up with the Maine Gun Safety Coalition on Saturday to accept firearms and ammunition from people who wanted to safely dispose of them.
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Albion votes to explore leaving Fairfield-area school district
At a special Town Meeting election Friday, residents voted 184-23 to support leaving Maine School Administrative District 49.