The mother of 2 and expecting a 3rd, Mindy Saint Martin pleads for the release of her husband, who faces deportation over a drug conviction 10 years ago.
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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Nick Isgro not running for governor; calls candidates ‘custodians of decline’
Waterville mayor says he considered his family and the city when making a decision, but lashed out at those of both parties who are running.
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Bill inspired by elderly Albion couple gets committee hearing
L.D. 1629, developed after an Albion couple were evicted from their home, seeks to protect the elderly from tax lien foreclosure.
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Pittsfield sawmill fire found to be accidental
The blaze at the Hancock Lumber Co. sawmill apparently started over the boiler.
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Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro considering run for governor
The recently re-elected mayor said he is mulling entering the pool of candidates because he has not seen viable candidates so far.
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Colby president says ‘critical work’ still to be done to realize King’s legacy
David Greene asks the audience at the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast in Waterville to reflect on how ‘we value and devalue lives in our daily actions.’
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Faulty wiring suspected in fire that killed resident of Skowhegan mobile home
The flames erupted in a room that well-known cinema projectionist William Lashon, 53, had converted into a home movie theater.
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Waterville couple escape house fire after dog alerts them to smoke
Michael Donihue and Susan MacKenzie were displaced early Wednesday when a fire filled their Trafton Road home with smoke, a fire official said.
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Homeless for the holidays: Maine shelters offer helping hand
Shelters face heightened demand that increasingly involves families with young children.
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Trail of calls, texts leads to Winslow couple’s arrest in missing pit bull case
Danielle Jones and Brandon Ross were charged Wednesday with not complying with a dangerous dog court order after police filed paperwork alleging that the couple arranged to have the dogs stashed away — possibly in New Jersey.