Theresa Khan breezes into the Waterville Area Warming Center on Water Street, saying good morning and placing her belongings on a long table in the corner.
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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Festival of Trees opens Monday in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD — Seventeen trees decorated for Christmas will be on display starting Monday at the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences at Good-Will Hinckley.
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Waterville area and Somerset, Franklin County logs, Dec. 8 and 9
Vehicle accidents, burglary, assault
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Waterville; Somerset and Franklin County logs, Dec. 7 and 8
Threatening, vehicle accidents, fight
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Salvation Army bell ringers in Waterville area about one-third of the way to $60,000 goal
WATERVILLE — Volunteers are out ringing the bells and collecting money as part of a goal of raising $60,000 for the Salvation Army Waterville Corps’ annual kettle campaign.
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Four teenagers charged with vandalizing Pine Street house in Waterville
WATERVILLE — Four teens face felony burglary and aggravated criminal mischief charges after repeatedly breaking into a Pine Street house and destroying its interior, according to police.
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Waterville mayor, police chief decry downtown vandalism, violence
WATERVILLE — City officials are decrying late-night downtown vandalism and violence, including the shooting death of a man Tuesday.
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Waterville cracks down on personal property tax scofflaws
WATERVILLE — Business owners beware: If you move to another location or go out of business and do not pay your personal property taxes, you will be denied license renewals and new licenses and permits.
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Film festival organizers to purchase Waterville cinema
Organizers of the Maine International Film Festival plan to buy Railroad Square Cinema to help guarantee the cinema’s long-term health.