A baby shower with a handful of guests, good food, entertainment and just the right number of gifts can transport you back to a time when you were seeing the experience for the first time, writes Amy Calder.
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 council to consider final votes on parking enforcement donation, fines
Councilors on Tuesday also will address a proposal to change the location of council meetings as advocates argue holding them at a Colby-owned property is a conflict of interest that also infringes on their right to bear arms.
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Treatment of opioid crisis in central Maine gets a boost
While MaineGeneral Health and others have established effective programs to combat the epidemic, health care leaders see new hope in the approaches from Mills’ administration.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Uncategorized
Morning Sentinel Feb. 15 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 15, 2019.
Posted inMaine, News
Troy fire that displaced five people started in electrical box
Troy fire Chief Daniel Nealley said Thursday that Mitchell Harvey and his family lost everything in the fire and that the home was not insured.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Morning Sentinel Feb. 12 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 12, 2019.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Fleeing Waterville bank robber slips, spills money, gun in front of special agent, police say
The suspect lost his footing on ice across from Bangor Savings Bank in the parking lot of a Waterville restaurant, where a state police special agent happened to be parked.
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Waterville-based United Way struggles to meet $700,000 goal
United Way of Mid-Maine Inc., which covers territory as far north as Jackman and east into Waldo County, is struggling to raise funds to support its programs.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Maine
Amy Calder: A heart for helping others
David Scribner, 67, of Fairfield, had a heart transplant in 2012, walks nearly daily from Fairfield to Waterville and volunteers at least three days a week at the clothes closet on Newhall Street in Fairfield.
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Skowhegan woman: I cried when welfare agents took my dogs, cats
Laura Plourde said her place was not as bad as animal welfare agents and police claimed after they confiscated four dogs, six puppies and six cats from home.