Sunday’s Food Hub event showcased produce from local restaurants and plant breeders across the state.
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.
Speaker at Common Ground Country Fair urges compassion amid family tragedy
Sherri Mitchell, an indigenous-rights attorney, lost a relative to suicide hours before she spoke at the Unity fair Saturday.
Mother of Ayla Reynolds to ask judge for formal death finding
Formally declaring the child dead would allow Trista Reynolds to file a wrongful death lawsuit later against the girl’s father, Justin DiPietro.
Jay man killed when his truck rear-ends flatbed carrying granite on I-95
The collision trapped Joseph Lawler, 56, in his truck and he died at the scene despite efforts by a group of passing nurses to save him, police said.
MCI’s capital campaign goal to strengthen programs, boost endowment
The Pittsfield school now has all visual and performing arts education under one roof.
Fluky dump truck mishap snags wires, knocks out power
Five utility poles were damaged in the town of China when the driver inadvertently activated the dump mechanism.
State police search wells in Smithfield, Mercer for woman’s remains
Pauline Rourke of Fairfield Center disappeared in 1976 and is believed to have been killed by Albert Cochran, who died in June.
Skowhegan crash involving pedestrian sends two to hospital
The early morning crash occurred when a commercial box truck traveling west near the Sappi paper mill was unable to avoid a man crossing U.S. Route 201 on foot.
Bingham girl, 17, seriously injured after car crashes into tree in Moscow
Jessica Pratt, 17, was flown by helicopter Monday night to a Bangor hospital with serious injuries that were not life-threatening.
For Waterville’s Mollie Pleau, the sky’s not the limit, it’s the destination
The recent Smith College graduate is moving on to Maxwell Air Force Base with the aim of becoming an astronaut.