The Office of Maine State Fire Marshal is investigating the Green Street blaze, according to local fire officials.
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.
Fruitful fund-raising sustains Waterville’s Humane Society
The shelter had been in danger of having to close its doors.
State officials investigate blaze that destroyed Skowhegan house
The property is where police had searched for a woman missing for more than a year.
LePage reminisces about times with George H.W., Barbara Bush
‘America has lost an icon,’ the governor said, referring to the former president, who died Friday night in Houston.
George H.W. Bush urged graduating Colby College seniors in 1994 to touch others’ lives
At 69, the former U.S. president had been out of office a little more than a year when he addressed more than 400 students on the Mayflower Hill campus in Waterville.
LePage denies pardon for Waterville resident deported to Haiti
The pardon of Lexius Saint Martin’s underlying trafficking conviction would have helped to bring him back to the U.S. and his family, advocates say.
Waterville-area fire units struggle with lack of staff
Many chiefs worry about resident and firefighter safety and are looking for innovative solutions.
Camden National Bank open for business in new Colby building in downtown Waterville
The bank, which moved recently from lower Main Street in Waterville to the new Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons, held a ribbon-cutting Monday morning, a week after it opened.
State fire officials seek help in identifying Benton arson suspect
Surveillance camera shows images of the suspect Monday at the scene of a self-storage building fire on Neck Road.
Waterville man taken to hospital after fall from window
Police Chief Joseph Massey said the man fell about 30 feet after he apparently lost his balance while talking to a friend who was on the ground below the apartment building at the corner of College Avenue and Highwood Street.