Longtime watchers Jose and Lea Ramirez document populations and habitats, which helps wildlife organizations develop conservation strategies.
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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Icy conditions suspected in 11-vehicle pileup on I-95 in Pittsfield
Freezing rain caught motorists by surprise Friday night, police say.
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Pedestrian died after being struck by vehicle in Augusta, police say
Dana Banister, 58, of Augusta, was hit Friday night at the intersection of Western Avenue and Sewall Street.
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Waterville sewer pipe repair project nears completion
Crews on Thursday installed the final length of a 30-inch force sewer pipe on Water Street as part of a two-week project to fix a broken pipe that dumped 34 million gallons of sewage into the Kennebec River.
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A 34 million-gallon sewer leak in Waterville highlights infrastructure needs, official says
Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District Superintendent Timothy LeVasseur said Tuesday that 34 million, not 15 million, gallons of sewage flowed into the Kennebec River when a sewer main broke.
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Waterville pipe break dumps 15 million gallons of sewage into Kennebec River
The Nov. 29 break was sparked by the unusual placement of a sewer pipe inside a stormwater pipe on Water Street in the 1970s and then encasing it in concrete.
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Woman robbed while making night deposit at Waterville bank
A woman making a deposit at Kennebec Savings Bank on Main Street at 7:48 p.m. Thursday reported being grabbed from behind by a white male who took the money bag and ran, according to Waterville Deputy police Chief Bill Bonney.
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Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82
Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.
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Waterville council overrides mayor’s veto on ambulance purchases
The used ambulances will provide backup when Delta Ambulance is delayed.
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Waterville church move stalled as planners debate nonprofits, taxes
At issue is whether a zoning change should be allowed so the the First Congregational United Church of Christ, a nonprofit, can move into a building that’s in a commercial zone.