Barry Dana said to protect nature is “to protect your mother, and it’s without compromise.”
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.
Waterville Opera House welcomes new director with varied theater background
Waterville native Tamsen Brooke Warner, 27, is the facility’s former assistant executive director, box office manager and scenic painter and has stage-managed shows there.
Waterville traffic study offers option for $4.4 million in improvements
Proposed changes would include making Main and Front streets two-way instead of one-way, but officials said funding sources must be identified before such plans are voted on by the city.
Elderly couple’s eviction from Albion home draws LePage’s ire
The Maine governor vows to change the law about foreclosure of elderly people’s properties after the Albion couple, both 80 years old and disabled, were evicted from their home.
Former Colby student pleads guilty to assault in bonfire incident
The charge against Jonathan Sdao, who threw a cup of beer at police May 22, will be dismissed if he completes court requirements that include a college forum at which he apologizes and discusses the effect of his actions.
Waterville City Councilor Bushee resigns from Ward 6 seat
The councilor’s resignation, effective Wednesday, came after ‘many months of soul searching.’
Soule appointed Waterville council chairman
Lauren LePage appointed to Planning Board and councilors take first vote on marijuana establishments moratorium.
Oakland man arrested after single-vehicle crash in Waterville
Jason Muzerolle was charged with operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.
Waterville man charged in four vehicle burglaries
Alert victim-witness reported burglary immediately, enabling police to arrest Eric Thurlow.
Sidney woman dies in Oakland crash
Emily Andrews, 31, apparently was traveling too fast for conditions and struck black ice, police say.