A view from a local health care worker on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
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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Q&A: Heather Merrow, certified nursing assistant at Northern Light Continuing Care
A view from a local health care worker on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterville school board to discuss 2020-21 budget, online learning
The Waterville Board of Education proposed budget represents an $890,478 increase to the current $24.9 million budget.
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Funeral homes adapting during coronavirus pandemic
Meeting with families by video platforms to plan funerals, postponing services until later in the spring or summer and wearing extra protective gear while working with the deceased are among the ways funeral directors have adapted during the pandemic.
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Central Mainers still dealing with no power
Sam and Alan Sanborn, of Canaan, and Joan Phillips-Sandy, of Waterville, found creative ways to make do, as by Saturday afternoon, they had been without power since Thursday night.
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Vassalboro family organizing virtual Easter ‘egg’ hunt for kids
Lisa and Donald Breton and their daughter, Jessica, have collected baskets full of treats to give out as prizes, and they have donated an equal number themselves.
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Amy Calder: Finding peace in a pandemic
Being patient and humble in this time of uncertainty and having a little bit of faith are what will see us through, Amy Calder writes.
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Northern Light Health offers voluntary furloughs, but will not lay off workers
Many employees have been reassigned to other jobs within the health care system as elective procedures and appointments have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Police investigate apparent accidental death of Oakland man
Robert Wade, 25, was found dead Tuesday night in his apartment on Heath Street in Oakland, police say.
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Waterville council OKs agreement to build Main Street turn lane
The Waterville City Council on Tuesday also took the first of two votes needed to amend the public safety ordinance to add a fee schedule for emergency medical care and ambulance transport.