A game that can be played by people of all ages, both indoors and out, catches on, thanks to a central Maine ‘ambassador.’
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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Festival to honor Maine-linked screenwriter
WATERVILLE — Screenwriter Jay Cocks will receive the Mid-Life Achievement Award next month at the 13th annual Maine International Film Festival, organizers announced Wednesday.
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Police catch porn thief leaving store
Joseph P. Sirois is charged with burglary when police spot him at the scene with an armload of DVDs.
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LePage: Fiscal sense tops political experience
Waterville Mayor Paul LePage’s black Toyota Avalon came rumbling through the dust on the warehouse road, slowed to a crawl and then stopped. LePage stepped out, smiling and looking refreshed, despite having had no sleep at all Tuesday night after winning the Republican gubernatorial primary. It was Wednesday afternoon and he had just come out […]
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LePage celebrates in hometown, awaits results
Many people at Republican candidate Paul LePage’s campaign party tonight said they changed their party affiliation to vote for him in the primary.
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TLC top priority for ailing ‘Indian’
All 62 feet of a Skowhegan landmark stands in need of restoration, and its owner is trying to rally support.
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Crews launch boats to reach island blaze in Rome
Flames blamed on an ember from a campfire burn half of an uninhabited island.
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Waterville library renovation unearths a treasure trove
Workers clearing the way for improvements have found many old and intriguing documents.
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Early spring taking toll on allergy sufferers
Doctors offer ways to distinguish allergies from colds and treat them accordingly.
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Obama invocation change; Waterville pastor won’t speak
Updated at 1:15 p.m. The Rev. Mike Young of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville thought he was going to give the invocation today at President Barack Obama’s appearance in Portland. But when he arrived after noon, he said, plans had changed and that he would now sit with the audience. He didn’t give a […]