Finding the mother she lost when she was 12 would help Honey Rourke of Lewiston feel solace – as would confirming to all the identity of the killer.
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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Police search 2 water wells in probe of Fairfield woman’s 1976 disappearance
Convicted killer Albert Cochran, who died recently, told police that Pauline Rourke’s remains were in a well in the Smithfield area.
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Peter G. Alfond, business executive and active Maine philanthropist, dies of malaria
Peter Alfond, the son of Harold and Dorothy ‘Bibby’ Alfond and a key board member of their philanthropic foundation, died Monday after contracting the disease in Africa.
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Missing Connecticut woman found safe in Bangor
Kimberly Piccolo’s mother says her daughter was found in a parked car in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
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After convicted killer dies, police plead for help finding clues in central Maine woman’s death
Pauline Rourke disappeared in 1976 just weeks after her then-boyfriend, Albert Cochran, 79, killed Janet Baxter of Oakland.
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Waterville strives for health with EPA
Healthy Places for Healthy People brings a visiting EPA team to help improve the health of a community.
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Actress, model Lauren Hutton to receive Maine International Film Festival award
20th annual Waterville festival kicks off July 14 at Opera House, Railroad Square Cinema.
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Cianbro lands $215 million port contract in New York
The company will help modernize and expand facilities at the U.S. Land Port of Entry in Alexandria Bay.
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Waterville councilors to consider overriding veto of recyclables pickup decision
The council on June 6 approved a move to city collection once the contract with the current disposal service expires this month.
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Film shot on Monhegan opens Maine International Film Festival
‘The Sounding,’ a mystery directed by Catherine Eaton, begins a 10-day run that will include over 100 American and foreign films screened at the Opera House and the Railroad Square Cinema.