The retired central Maine educator ‘shows up in so many ways,’ including serving on the boards of three nonprofits, donating produce from his garden and helping a 99-year-old friend.
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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Anson stabbing victim leaves hospital against medical advice
James Andrew Tucci, 34, of Anson, was in the intensive care unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor since being taken there after he was stabbed late Saturday.
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Smithfield man found dead near partially submerged car in East Pond
The death of Matthew Pratt, 88, of Cardinal Lane, is being considered by the state Medical Examiner’s Office as an unattended death.
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Hundreds gather to honor Winslow fire captain
Fire and law enforcement officials from across the state gathered at Centerpoint Community Church in Waterville to honor Winslow fire Capt. Scott Higgins who died Monday at 49.
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Police help FBI search house, vehicles at Waterville property
Waterville police and Waldo County Sheriff officers were at a house on Elmwood Avenue Wednesday morning, assisting federal officers in a search of a home and vehicles parked in the driveway.
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Mourners gather to remember slain Waterville mother
Melissa Sousa, 29, of 32 Gold St., was killed last week, allegedly by Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, her longtime live-in boyfriend and the father of the couple’s 8-year-old twin daughters.
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Donations for family of slain Waterville woman are stolen
Police said donation canisters at three Dunkin’ Donuts shops in Waterville to benefit the family of Melissa Sousa were stolen over the weekend.
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Family, friends hold candlelight vigil for slain Waterville woman
The body of Melissa Sousa, a 29-year-old mother of twins, was found Wednesday. Her longtime boyfriend, Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, is charged with murder.
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Body identified as missing Waterville woman; boyfriend charged with murder
Family and friends of Melissa Sousa, 29, say her boyfriend and the father of their children, Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, was mentally unstable and could not take knowing she was leaving him.
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Waterville police find body in missing woman’s building
A friend said Melissa Sousa had been threatened by her boyfriend and she had been planning to leave him and take their children with her.