Tenants were distraught as they fled the three-story, 11-unit apartment building at 378 Water St., with some reporting they had lost everything in the blaze.
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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Waterville resident requests investigation over alleged illegal council meeting
Rien Finch says four city councilors met at a Waterville restaurant Tuesday night with the mayor and others, which he alleges is a violation of the Maine Freedom of Access Act.
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Ayla Reynolds’ father to be served with wrongful-death lawsuit via newspaper notice
The attorney for the missing girl’s mother is running a legal notice in the Morning Sentinel for three consecutive Tuesdays, starting April 2, to serve Justin DiPietro with the lawsuit.
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Car crashes into church in Waterville
A Toyota Corolla driven by a woman in the parking lot of Blessed Hope Church on Pleasant Street in Waterville crashed into a church window Sunday morning and police are investigating.
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Water main break in Waterville floods basement of Goodwill store, parking lot behind mall
Emergency crews, including firefighters, responded to The Concourse Sunday morning and deployed a boat in several feet of water behind stores on The Concourse to locate and unplug drains.
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Waterville man arrested after Detroit stabbing
The victim was stabbed five times in the head, face, throat and arm early Saturday during an argument, according to a Somerset County Sheriff’s official.
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Students learn about filmmaking at Waterville conference
The second Maine Student Film & Video Conference is held at Mid-Maine Technical Center.
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U.S.-Canada ‘Lobster War’ film to be screened in Waterville
‘Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds’ documents the effects of climate change on the lobster industry, as experienced by lobstermen warring with each other off the Maine coast.
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Students converge on 25th annual Jobs for Maine’s Graduates conference in Waterville
About 650 juniors and seniors from 65 high schools across the state attended the conference, held Tuesday at Thomas College.
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Waterville’s Castonguay Square redesign concept to include walkways, gardens, plaza, green space
Architects working on the park at the heart of the city presented a final concept for the redesign Tuesday night.