Waterville area police reports for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.
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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‘Numerous’ cats and dogs removed from house in Skowhegan after search
Skowhegan police and state animal welfare agents arrested a man at a Waterville Road home Wednesday as part of an investigation and found excrement all over the floors and walls.
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Portland man arrested on OUI charge in three-vehicle Norridgewock crash
A Cornville man was taken to the hospital after the crash, which occurred on Madison Road and destroyed two vehicles.
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Waterville council takes first vote to accept Colby funds for parking enforcement
Councilors on Tuesday also took a first vote to increase parking fine amounts and a final vote to accept a $7.37 million federal grant for downtown improvements.
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No cause yet in Skowhegan apartment fire that sent one person to the hospital
State fire investigators planned to interview people Monday about the fire, which was reported at 11:31 a.m. Sunday at a 6-unit building at 386 Water St.
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Waterville council to consider accepting funds for parking enforcement, federal grant
Colby College has offered the city $10,000 to hire a person to enforce parking rules, and the council will consider increasing parking fine fees.
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Video: Team from central Maine takes second place in national snow sculpting contest
The Carvivores, a three-woman team, carved one day in wind chill that made the temperature seem like 55 below zero in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
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Fire damages six-unit apartment building in Skowhegan
Two people jumped out of a first-floor window after the fire started, and one went to the hospital with burns, according to a fire official.
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Tractor trailer gets caught up on fire escape of building in downtown Waterville
Police and fire officials helped cut the truck free Saturday night and direct it out onto Main Street.
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Music students perform marathon to raise money for Waterville homeless shelter
About 50 children ages 4 to 17 from Pineland Suzuki School performed several hours Saturday at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Waterville.