District Court Judge Charles Dow on Tuesday approved a request by Falah Waheeb for a protection from harassment order against his neighbor Cathy Weeks.
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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Inland Hospital in Waterville building new winter drive-up COVID-19 testing site
The new site at Northern Light Inland Hospital on Kennedy Memorial Drive is expected to open Nov. 4 and will be located behind the hospital near the Inland Woods trailhead.
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Surveillance videos reveal unsavory activity in Waterville restaurant district
Insurance business owner John Fortier has dozens of videos showing late-night crowds urinating, drinking alcohol, fighting and doing other such activity on Silver Street downtown.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Colby College to use $101 million Alfond grant for Waterville downtown efforts, campus athletic center
The $101 million grant to Colby College in Waterville from the Harold Alfond Foundation is part of a $500 million Alfond grant to Maine institutions.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Puritan, Cianbro to build second COVID-19 swab factory in Pittsfield
About 200 jobs will be created as a result of $51.2 million in CARES Act funding that will enable Puritan Medical Products of Guilford to develop a second facility in Pittsfield, expanding production of medical-testing swabs.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Maine police hunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ men, including wanted robber, after car chase
Wanted are Christopher Terenc Farrow, 32, and Dayshawn Middleton, 29, of Connecticut, after they allegedly led police on a car chase across central Maine Tuesday night.
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Family of drive-by shooting victim in Waterville loses food stamps, social security
After 7-year-old Emahleeah Frost was shot in February, the family got $14,100 from a GoFundMe effort, but because of that income, their food stamps and Supplemental Security Income were taken away according to her parents.
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Potential buyers of Fiberight waste plant narrowed to 3, as officials eye re-start of Maine plant
The waste-to-energy plant in Hampden, serving more than 100 Maine communities, has been shut down since May over financial problems.
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As officials investigate Oakland church gathering, town manager worries ‘this has the potential to be a superspreader’
Oakland police are talking with state officials about large gatherings held over the weekend at Kingdom Life Church to determine what action should be taken in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Police to probe whether Oakland church violated pandemic guidelines with weekend crowds
Vehicles, many with out-of-state plates, packed the Kingdom Life Church parking lot on High Street in Oakland on Friday and Saturday nights, possibly violating state pandemic guidelines.