The accident downtown occurred Friday when a pickup truck was backing out of a driveway and collided with a tractor-trailer, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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 planners to consider changing chicken rules after coop complaint involving former councilor
The Waterville Planning Board meeting on Monday will be held at 7 p.m. in a new location in Room 178 at the Mid-Maine Technical Center at Waterville Senior High School.
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Amy Calder: Remembering an old friend
Peg, who died last year at 95, was an unusual woman who lived in an old house passed down through the family, still used a rotary phone and never owned a television, Amy Calder writes.
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As COVID-19 continues to spread, who enforces mask mandates in central Maine?
Local officials continue to rely on education and voluntary compliance with public health orders to wear face coverings, even as rallies against wearing masks continue.
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Waterville celebrates Veterans Day with parade, speakers
Parade participants and spectators were required to wear masks and social distance during the events because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees in Waterville canceled for this year
The festival will not be held this holiday season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Detroit woman displaced in early morning apartment fire
Bobbie Taylor was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation early Tuesday after a fire broke out in her bathroom ceiling.
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American Legion to host Veterans Day parade, ceremony in Waterville
Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post No. 5 asks that participants in and spectators at the parade Wednesday wear masks and social distance.
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Waterville Area Soup Kitchen to give out free lunches at four locations
The meals “to-go” program will start Nov. 16 at the North End Playground, Head of Falls, Veterans Park and Green Street Park and continue every Monday and Wednesday during the winter months.
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Amy Calder: Tending to a hurt kitten
When Maxine Johnson’s kitten Rocky returned home four days after going missing in Norridgewock, it was severely injured and the veterinarian said it had been stomped on by a human.