Jessica Pratt, 17, was flown by helicopter Monday night to a Bangor hospital with serious injuries that were not life-threatening.
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.
Don’t tell Waterville Senior High School alumna Mollie Pleau she ‘can’t’
Pleau, a Smith College grad, is heading into the U.S. Air Force’s officer training school with high hopes of becoming an astronaut.
Girl, 9, charged with creating false alarm for gun threat at Jay school
The case was referred to the juvenile court system, according to Jay police Chief Richard Caton IV.
Police have suspects in gun threat at Jay middle school
Regional School District 73 Superintendent Kenneth Healey says authorities concluded the threat was a hoax.
Waterville council approves pursuing funding for two-way traffic downtown
The council also voted to buy a $216,236 split packer truck to collect trash and recyclables.
Opposition to bill to help elderly manage taxes, stay home runs afoul of LePage
The governor slammed objections raised by the Maine Municipal Association and vowed to oust lawmakers who don’t follow his line on seniors.
New I-95 interchange at Trafton Road in Waterville increases traffic, business interest
The state Department of Transportation plans to reconstruct Trafton Road to accommodate an increase in traffic and larger vehicles.
Waterville council to vote on supporting two-way traffic on Main, Front streets
The council also plans to consider a request to rezone Main and Oak street lots to allow a credit union to be built there.
Police looking for driver of truck that took down cable in Waterville
Trash truck on College Avenue then ripped the cable, which became tangled in its hydraulic lift mechanism.
Auto body collision repair shop constructing new building on College Avenue in Waterville
Maurice & Son, in business 50 years, to open in November after moving from West Street in Fairfield.