The four-hour event at Thomas College attracts more than 150 people in its first two hours.
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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Colby College gets ‘remarkable gift’ for future downtown Waterville art center
The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at the heart of the city will be named for longtime art collector and Colby benefactor, Paul J. Schupf.
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Anson fire victim was a great outdoorsman, story teller, according to his children
Richard Duley, 75, was alone in his Moore Street home Sunday when it was destroyed by fire, the cause of which remains unknown.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State, News
Bubba the cat rescued after surviving 36 hours, 2 snowstorms in tall tree in Skowhegan
The 11-month-old cat climbed up a 30-foot-tall cedar tree Monday and wouldn’t come down, despite the urgings of his owner, Christine Conte.
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Clinton man dies in single-car crash in Benton
Christian Yahnel, 20, of Clinton, was pronounced dead at the scene early Wednesday on Bangor Road in Benton after the vehicle he was driving struck a tree, according to a Kennebec County sheriff’s lieutenant.
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Fire rips through Skowhegan apartment building, sending tenants scrambling to rescue pets
Tenants were distraught as they fled the three-story, 11-unit apartment building at 378 Water St., with some reporting they had lost everything in the blaze.
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Waterville resident requests investigation over alleged illegal council meeting
Rien Finch says four city councilors met at a Waterville restaurant Tuesday night with the mayor and others, which he alleges is a violation of the Maine Freedom of Access Act.
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Ayla Reynolds’ father to be served with wrongful-death lawsuit via newspaper notice
The attorney for the missing girl’s mother is running a legal notice in the Morning Sentinel for three consecutive Tuesdays, starting April 2, to serve Justin DiPietro with the lawsuit.
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Car crashes into church in Waterville
A Toyota Corolla driven by a woman in the parking lot of Blessed Hope Church on Pleasant Street in Waterville crashed into a church window Sunday morning and police are investigating.
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Water main break in Waterville floods basement of Goodwill store, parking lot behind mall
Emergency crews, including firefighters, responded to The Concourse Sunday morning and deployed a boat in several feet of water behind stores on The Concourse to locate and unplug drains.