Lisa Carbonneau, who police say lied on an application to get toys from the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers, says they were for a neighbor in need.
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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Train gets stuck in mud on Winslow tracks
Town officials say water runoff is the likely culprit in the Pan Am track problem.
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Waterville officials discuss potential loss of state revenue sharing money
City, school officials warned that if the money keeps going down, the city could lose $1.7m of the state money this year.
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Waterville stabbing victim not cooperating with police
Man at reported Prospect Street fight in Portland hospital with a serious wound, according to police.
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Waterville School Board re-elects Cabana as chairman
Proposed 2014-15 budgets presented to board after new members sworn in.
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Child, 4, unknowingly took pot in backpack to Waterville Educare school
Mother not charged, but state officials reviewing the case, police say.
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Waterville school food bank serving need immediately
The food bank at George J. Mitchell School has been open only two weeks and already has served more than 35 families.
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Waterville City Council approves $6M in bonds for Inland Hospital
The hospital is borrowing the tax-exempt money under the city’s umbrella and the city isn’t liable for the debt.
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Waterville water main break blamed on deep freeze
Cracked pipe under Oak Street repaired Sunday, street reopened after being closed for most of the day.
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Weather blamed in deaths of experienced outdoorsmen snowmobiling on Rangeley Lake
Mother praises wardens for their efforts to find her son killed in accident in which alcohol was not a factor.