A public meeting on a downtown traffic study is set for Dec. 5.
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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Durham woman finally gets to thank trucker ‘for saving my life’
Scott Landon of Burnham narrowly avoided Erin Kaye’s car when she crashed on Interstate 295 this month, then pulled over to comfort the pregnant woman until EMTs arrived.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
Please, no creepy clown costumes on Halloween, Waterville chief asks
Police Chief Joseph Massey says his recommendation stems from a desire to avoid trouble in a year when people dressed as clowns have frightened people.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville’s giant blue spruce, long a holiday favorite, is taken down
The tree in Castonguay Square had spruce needle cast disease, and now the search is on for a Christmas replacement.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Longtime Waterville soup kitchen director stepping down
Dick Willette Sr. has volunteered at the Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen for 36 years.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Former Maine Sen. George Mitchell says political attacks must stop
The Waterville native and former Senate majority leader discusses ways to help make politics more civil at an event hosted by the Maine Council of Churches.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Alfond Foundation, Colby to inject $20 million in downtown Waterville revitalization
Officials say ‘tens of millions of dollars more’ will be invested in the overall renaissance.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Slain Fairfield woman was buried with bag of potato chips, ‘apologetic’ note
Valerie Tieman’s body was found in a shallow grave in the woods, on top of chips, a bottle of perfume and a note that ‘reportedly has an apologetic tone,’ the autopsy report says.
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Eight injured in 2-van crash in Thorndike
The College of the Atlantic students were traveling on Route 220 when their hit another van, police say.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Waterville officer was investigating credit card fraud at Wal-Mart when the suspects walked in
Two men are charged with using stolen card numbers in a scheme that involved thousands of dollars.