The 10-day festival will feature more than 100 films and is expected to draw thousands to Waterville.
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.
New radio tower a hit with central Maine police, fire agencies
Located in Waterville, it has boosted the quality of dispatching service for the city and surrounding towns, police say.
IDs lost to Saco River in 1984 capsize are returned to their ‘shocked’ owner
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Colby to present plans for 3 athletic fields
College officials will bring proposals for fields on 19 acres before the Waterville Planning Board on Monday.
Maine film festival to honor Robert Benton with top achievement award
The director-screenwriter will accept the award July 10 at the festival in Waterville.
Waterville area schools put in lockout mode for an hour
No one is charged and police say the event was triggered by a statement made by a man who has ‘hounded’ the Waterville school department for about a year.
Kennebec County district attorney reviewing Colby dumpster fire case
The Waterville fire chief says charges should be filed.
Lost hiker’s family releases statement calling her brave, resourceful
Geraldine Largay’s remains were found last fall, two years after she disappeared from the Appalachian Trail in Maine, and her family broke its recent silence after a Maine Warden Service case file was released.
Waterville promotes detective to deputy chief
Bill Bonney takes over June 6 after working his way up the ranks in his 18 years with the city.
Colby students to be charged with arson in campus fire
One student allegedly threw a bottle at two police officers during an incident in which 200 to 250 students burned furniture in a bonfire.