The Waterville native and former Senate majority leader discusses ways to help make politics more civil at an event hosted by the Maine Council of Churches.
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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Alfond Foundation, Colby to inject $20 million in downtown Waterville revitalization
Officials say ‘tens of millions of dollars more’ will be invested in the overall renaissance.
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Slain Fairfield woman was buried with bag of potato chips, ‘apologetic’ note
Valerie Tieman’s body was found in a shallow grave in the woods, on top of chips, a bottle of perfume and a note that ‘reportedly has an apologetic tone,’ the autopsy report says.
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Eight injured in 2-van crash in Thorndike
The College of the Atlantic students were traveling on Route 220 when their hit another van, police say.
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Waterville officer was investigating credit card fraud at Wal-Mart when the suspects walked in
Two men are charged with using stolen card numbers in a scheme that involved thousands of dollars.
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Mourners in two states set services for slain Fairfield woman
A family funeral will be held in South Carolina, while friends plan to gather at a memorial Sunday in Fairfield.
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Fairfield woman died from two gunshots to the head, affidavit says
But her husband, now charged with murder, told police she died of a drug overdose, the court document says. Meanwhile, an ex-wife says she ‘was afraid of this outcome’ when she learned Valerie Tieman had disappeared.
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Husband charged with murder after discovery of Fairfield woman’s body
A friend says she told Valerie Tieman on Aug. 25 that Luc Tieman had been unfaithful, and he told police his wife vanished from a store parking lot five days later.
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Police dog finds body in woods near home of missing Fairfield resident
State police won’t say whether the remains are those of Valerie Tieman, whose husband says he last saw her three weeks ago.
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Redeveloped Hathaway center in Waterville on the market
The former shirt factory’s co-owner says there’s strong interest in the building that now holds offices and apartments.