Social media steals time and makes life move much faster and Amy Calder writes that she looks forward to her freedom from it.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, โReporting Aside,โ 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.
Fire destroys mobile home in Farmington
Nobody was injured, but the family that lived there is homeless, the fire chief said.
Central Maine artists, artisans display, demonstrate their work
Maine Craft Weekend continues Sunday at the Canaan Farmers Hall.
Three men injured in sulfur explosion in Detroit identified
The state fire marshal’s office is continuing to investigate the cause of the explosion, in which one man was burned and two others suffered respiratory problems.
Three injured, one seriously in sulfur explosion at Detroit business
One person who suffered burns was flown to a Portland hospital as firefighting units converged on a farm equipment dealer on Route 100.
Waterville moves polling place to Thomas College field house
Residents may vote by absentee ballot through Nov. 2 at City Hall.
Waterville shelter closed as it deals with feline distemper outbreak
‘… (A)ny little thing that the public can offer will help us get through a trying time like this,’ said Michael Brown, president of the Humane Society Waterville Area board of directors
Two men who fell while working for Madison roofer recovering
Micah Nichols is still in the hospital but is regaining the use of his limbs, while Jacob Harrington, who broke his arm, has been released.
Homeless man charged with criminal trespass over wood hut on railway property
Vaughan Orchard, 56, of Waterville, has lived in a tent by the river and was building a hut on railroad property when he was arrested Wednesday, police said.
Waterville council OKs tax increment financing district for Trafton Road
The council must take one more vote to finalize the TIF plan before the state considers approving it.