A former Vassalboro man and Winslow High School graduate was arrested Monday in Nashua, N.H., and charged with murdering a man there.
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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Homeless infant dies at Waterville shelter
WATERVILLE — A 12-week-old infant died Wednesday at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Ticonic Street, Deputy Police Chief Charles Rumsey confirmed Thursday.
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George Mitchell honored at Ellis Island
Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell was given a special award Wednesday for government service by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
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Pit bull terrier bites Fairfield woman, baby
A woman and her baby were taken to a Waterville hospital today after being bitten by a dog at their home, according to police.
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Police: Doctor’s former staffer wrote fake prescriptions
A China woman is accused of writing fake prescriptions for narcotics and other drugs while she was employed at a Waterville doctor’s office.
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Collins touts importance of early education funding
The senator tours the rural Educare facility, and reads a story to the children.
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Maine Gov. LePage joins in Waterville’s King Day event
WATERVILLE — People didn’t speak openly about Gov. Paul LePage’s “kiss my butt” comment to the NAACP, but the undercurrent was certainly there Monday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast. In interviews before and after the event, people had plenty to say. One woman who had met King when she was a teenager […]
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Attendees reflect on LePage comments to NAACP
WATERVILLE — Nothing was said openly about Gov. Paul LePage’s “kiss my butt” comment to the NAACP, but the undercurrent was there at today’s Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast at Spectrum Generations Muskie Center. Privately, people had plenty to say. One woman who had met King when she was a teen-ager said she was […]
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LePage, Waterville express mutual admiration
About to leave as the city’s mayor, Paul LePage says he’ll be ‘only 20 minutes down the road.’
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Raging storm, in a cab, and here comes baby
Keelin Taylor was expected, but the way he came into the world Monday was a surprise to everyone.
The boy was born just after 2 a.m. in the back seat of a taxi in Oakland, in the middle of a snowstorm.
“Honestly, I didn’t know what to think,” his mom, Hillary Pratt of Benton, said Monday from her hospital bed. “All of a sudden, I had to start pushing.”