Police from half a dozen agencies worked to get Gary Cross, 58, of Troy, to negotiate and surrender for more than eight hours at a cost of ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars.’
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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Benton man identified as victim in deadly crash
Bystanders pulled to safety the driver of the pickup truck hit by Joseph Defazio’s Trans Am after the crash on Sunday on Route 139 where Defazio was found dead.
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At least two dead in fatal crashes in Sidney and Benton
In Sidney, bystanders pull an 8-year-old boy from a pickup before it catches fire with the driver still inside; in Benton, another person dies in a two-vehicle accident.
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Waterville school board asks acting high school principal to stay on
The School Board voted 7-0 Wednesday to ask Brian Laramee to stay while Principal Don Reiter is on paid administrative leave.
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Reiter expected to plead not guilty to charge related to propositioning student
The former Waterville Senior High School principal is scheduled for a February court appearance on the misdemeanor official oppression charge.
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Waterville makes plan to move on after school scandal
The school board will meet Wednesday to discuss how to fill the principal’s job after firing Don Reiter.
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District attorney charges fired Waterville principal with misdemeanor
Maeghan Maloney says Don Reiter misused his office when he asked a Waterville High student for sex, an accusation that led to his firing this week.
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Waterville school board votes to fire high school Principal Don Reiter
The city’s Board of Education votes 6-1 to dismiss the Waterville Senior High School principal, who has 30 days to appeal the decision.
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Two former students in N.H. allege inappropriate relationships with Waterville principal
Waterville police reopen their investigation into Don Reiter, after one student says their relationship culminated in sex and another produces 147 letters purportedly from him.
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Waterville police looking into accusations about principal by former N.H. students
They have received ‘more than one’ communication alleging the ‘same type of behavior’ occurred at Don Reiter’s former workplace.