She is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel.
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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LePage pitches plans to lift state economy to Waterville audience
The governor also reiterates his thinking about welfare reform and aid for asylum seekers.
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Vassalboro woman tries to make a difference with anonymous care packages
The mother of four, who doesn’t want to be identified publicly, leaves packages with blankets and other items in communities throughout the state because ‘a little thing can change someone’s day.’
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Former Waterville high school principal won’t appeal dismissal
Don Reiter was accused of asking a female student for sex on the first day of school, after calling her into his office from class.
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Care packages left anonymously on Waterville streets
Ziploc bags left on Main Street this week contain blankets, toiletries, snacks, but no one knows who is leaving them.
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Waterville council OKs new lease with aircraft maintenance firm
Councilors voted 7-0 to approve a five-year lease, with a five-year extension, for Black Bear Aviation.
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Central Maine police officer to receive Spirit of America award for helping to save man’s life
Dozens of volunteers and organizations from around Kennebec County will be honored Wednesday night.
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Massachusetts tech company plans to bring 200 jobs to Waterville
Collaborative Consulting, an IT firm, plans to locate a delivery center in the Hathaway Creative Center.
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Man in Waterville standoff had financial troubles, left suicide note
Police say the situation ‘ended well for us and it ended well for him.’
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Passer-by to boy in deadly Sidney crash: ‘We’re going to get you out’
Strangers from Oakland, Eliot and elsewhere pulled the 8-year-old from a pickup truck moments before it burst into flames in an accident that killed his great-aunt.