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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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Escaped sex offender caught in Kansas
A convicted sex offender and fugitive from justice with ties to Waterville was captured Tuesday by police in Kansas after he escaped while being driven to Colorado.
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Sex offender escapes in Kansas, could be headed to Waterville
WATERVILLE — A convicted child sex offender police arrested earlier this month as a fugitive from justice escaped Monday from security officers in Kansas who were driving him back to Colorado.
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Winslow man charged with University of Southern Maine arsons
A Winslow man who is a student at the University of Southern Maine was arrested Monday for allegedly setting three fires inside his dormitory earlier in the day, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. Jordan D. Maroon, 20, a junior at the school in Portland and Gorham, faces three […]
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Winslow man charged with arson for USM fires
A Winslow man who is a student at University of Southern Maine was arrested today and charged with three counts of arson for allegedly setting three fires inside his dormitory, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety.
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REPORTING ASIDE: Longing for the time as a youth on horseback
I perused the flea market in the old North Vassalboro mill, eyeing the horse-related items for sale.
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Weatherization program gives old homes new life
Alice and David Anderman went from having a cold kitchen with no heat to enjoying a warm, cozy one.