Police say Nelcie and Nickson Souffrant used stolen credit card information to buy more than $8,000 in gift cards, some from Waterville’s Rite Aid.
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 aid applicants increase after MaineCare cuts
City officials, addressing councilors, described a growing caseload of people seeking medication and general assistance.
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Trash called Waterville’s ‘biggest, most difficult’ issue
City manager Mike Roy says the city has a decision to make in the next few years about where to send its trash as a referendum vote looms on the pay-as-you-throw system.
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Family to mark Ayla Reynolds’ birthday quietly
Trista Reynolds, the mother of the toddler who disappeared from her father’s Waterville home in 2011, said she is focusing on her growing sons.
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Waterville man charged with tracking, assaulting ex-wife
Paul Rice, 33, is accused of assaulting his ex-wife when she visited their children at his home and then confronting her in her Clinton home.
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Waterville foresees $430,000 gain with pay-as-you-throw
The city’s trash tonnage generation has declined by 55 percent, according to city officials; but two councilors cited complaints about trash accumulating in and around some residences.
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Skiers still have faith in Sugarloaf after chairlift accident
Most skiers interviewed Monday at the Carrabassett Valley resort about the weekend accident that injured seven say they trust in the resort.
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Waterville school credit program a bridge to the future
Bridge Year program at Waterville High gives students a head start toward a college degree at a fraction of the cost.
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Detroit to consider reshingling part of salt and sand shed roof
Detroit’s Town Meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Truck carrying 30,000 pounds of live lobsters overturns on Interstate 95 in Benton
The truck driver swerved to avoid hitting a car, causing the tractor-trailer carrying lobsters from Nova Scotia to flip over on the side of the highway.