Keeli, a 2-year-old Irish setter, spent more than a half-hour in the river before a rescue boat reached the dog Friday morning.
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 hay log factory ready to roll
A business that will make fireplace logs from hay will start producing prototypes Friday in a converted bakery in Waterville.
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Winslow firefighters, police rescue man who fell down riverbank
Kevin Lambert was hauled up the steep embankment next to the Kennebec River on a backboard with ropes and pulleys.
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Waterville City Council all aboard rail resolution
The city will explore the possibilities that passenger rail service would bring to the Waterville area.
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Collins to deliver Mitchell lecture at Colby
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ address Thursday will focus on the role of bipartisanship and moderation in politics.
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Somerset County crash victim in ‘excruciating’ pain
A Westbrook couple involved in a snowmobile crash Sunday suffered broken bones with Laurie Clark remaining in a Bangor hospital with multiple fractures requiring a full-body cast.
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Westbrook woman recovering after Thorndike Township snowmobile crash
Laurie Clark had to be removed by helicopter after her snowmobile crashed into a machine driven by her husband on Sunday.
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Waterville police seek man who led them on chase, ditched car and fled
The suspect was out on bail on a drug charge and allegedly nearly ran down a police officer while driving away.
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Councilor wants colleagues aboard on Waterville passenger rail service
The City Council will discuss a resolution that would declare the city’s interest in restoring passenger rail service after half a century without.
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Waterville family legacy ends on auction block
The property occupied by A.L. Weeks & Son on a once sleepy road that became Kennedy Memorial Drive was auctioned off by a bank this week.