In Portland, Ayla’s mother and other family members react with sobs and a plea for anyone with information about the toddler’s disappearance to come forward.
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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Looked like pipe bomb, but it wasn’t
OAKLAND — A state police remote-controlled robot on Wednesday blasted open what appeared to be a pipe bomb left on the steps of St. Theresa’s Church.
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Device left at central Maine church not a bomb, police find
The robot fired a bullet-type charge to open the device, creating a blast.
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Colby students facing alcohol charges after party
The students were summonsed late Tuesday on alcohol-related charges after police responded to a report of an off-campus party.
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Trail of flower petals leads to Waterville theft suspect
Police didn’t have to look far to find the man who allegedly stole items from their personal vehicles.
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Waterville stabbing is 6th in a month
19-year-old Demetrio Bautista is charged with stabbing another man in Bautista’s apartment late Wednesday.
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Waterville police offer pharmacies robbery aid
WATERVILLE — A rise in crime at area pharmacies has prompted police Chief Joseph Massey to host a workshop for pharmacists and others who dispense prescription drugs about what to do before, during and after a robbery.
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Waterville police investigate double stabbing
Police were called to The Chez Paree bar about 1 a.m. and find a man slashed across the chest in a nearby apartment and another stabbed in the elbow and groin.
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Winslow pharmacy robbed of Oxycodone, methadone
“The pharmacist handed him the drugs the first time but he said, ‘No, I want more,’ ” a police spokesman says.
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Century-old Waterville print shop closing
The Atkins Printing Service, which has produced highly specialized printing for companies including L.L. Bean, will close later this month, another victim of the economy and the evolving marketplace.