The layoffs will occur in mid-April, president and CEO Nathan Howell said.
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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Federal government delays $1.6 million for Waterville, delaying downtown improvement projects
The city applied for the money a year ago and was on track to receive it, but was notified late last week the money will not be coming this year, a city official said.
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Waterville city councilor resigns abruptly, citing health issues exacerbated by Trump election
Rien Finch, a Democrat who represented Ward 6, cited recent physical and mental health challenges, worsened by overwork and having a president who says transgender people do not exist.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Officials weigh economic impact of Waterville hospital closure
Northern Light Inland Hospital will close June 11, putting 309 employees out of work.
Posted inMaine, News
First Church of Waterville files federal lawsuit against the city
Church leaders say the city has stymied its religious land use by failing to let it remove two buildings from its property.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Fire that destroyed Unity flower shop, home believed to have been caused by cat
The fire reported at 6:51 a.m. Saturday on Depot Street drew firefighters from 12 towns, according to a fire official.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Waterville building razed to make way for apartment complex
A building at 60 Front St. is the first of several to be demolished as part of Head of Falls Village.
Posted inMaine
SUV hit by train, pushed down tracks in Waterville
The driver failed to stop at railroad safety gates that had been lowered on Main Street, police said.
Posted inMaine, News
Waterville protesters target Elon Musk at Tesla charging station
‘It’s completely illegal and it removes Congress from having the financial control that is constitutionally theirs,’ one protester said of the billionaire’s access to government payment systems.
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Waterville tax lien goes undiscovered for 62 years
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen one quite this old,” said the lawyer representing the estate of Edward E. Spaulding Sr., who officials say paid his taxes every year for decades.