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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 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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Waterville man struck by car while sitting in dark street dies from injuries
Mark Meserve, 55, reportedly was sitting at the intersection of Elm and Spring streets in Waterville around 11 p.m. Friday when he was struck by a car and later flown to a Portland hospital.
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Waterville man sitting in road at night struck, injured
Police are not releasing details about why Mark Meserve, 55, was sitting in the road Friday night.
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She’s worked at Waterville McDonald’s 50 years | Column
LouAnn Lindie, 66, started working at the restaurant on Main Street when she was 16 and never left.
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Skowhegan standoff leads to 5 arrests
The incident started around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, when a Skowhegan police officer was checking a residence for a 21-year-old facing several charges.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville councilors table charter school zoning change request
The school, which is planning to buy 41 acres on Eight Rod Road for the project, would be nontaxable and draw resources away from Waterville Public Schools, councilors say.
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Six tenants displaced when fire damages Augusta apartment building
The fire was reported around 9:15 p.m. Monday at 162 Mt. Vernon Ave. in Augusta.
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Norridgewock woman charged in Oakland store robbery
Jasmine Jenness-Humphrey is accused of demanding a store employee give her money from the cash drawer and threatening to use a weapon.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Charter school in Skowhegan, Cornville eyes Waterville for expansion
The Community Regional Charter School wants to buy 41 acres on Eight Rod Road to build a new school, but must obtain a zoning change from the city first.
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Gardiner soldier killed in War of 1812 honored
More than 200 years after his death in the War of 1812, Lt. Henry Hobart of Gardiner was honored Sunday with a stone placed next to his mother’s at St. Ann’s Burying Ground.