The Waterville Boys & Girls Club’s 100th anniversary is to be recognized Wednesday by Jim Clark, president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, who is scheduled to speak at the annual appeals dinner at the Alfond Youth & Community Center. Former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell is expected to appear in a video.
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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Celebrating 100 years: The Boys & Girls Club at Alfond Youth & Community Center in Waterville reaches milestone
The Waterville Boys & Girls Club’s 100th anniversary is to be recognized Wednesday by Jim Clark, president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, who is scheduled to speak at the annual appeals dinner at the Alfond Youth & Community Center. Former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell is expected to appear in a video.
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