No one is charged and police say the event was triggered by a statement made by a man who has ‘hounded’ the Waterville school department for about a year.
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.
Kennebec County district attorney reviewing Colby dumpster fire case
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Lost hiker’s family releases statement calling her brave, resourceful
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Waterville promotes detective to deputy chief
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Cumberland hires its new police chief from Waterville department
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Jackknifed truck removed from I-95 in Waterville after tying up traffic for hours
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Benton hosts fifth Alewife Festival
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Colby College’s 5,505-panel solar array will be one of largest in the state
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Massive barn used as welding shop burns in Benton
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