WATERVILLE — Be kind to everyone around you, invest in yourself, never stop learning, and above all, be honest.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, โReporting Aside,โ 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.
Slipping, sliding, but no major accidents during messy Monday weather
Cars slid off roads and into each other all around central Maine Monday, but no major accidents were reported as part of the first major storm of the season.
Waterville, Clinton and Sidney logs, Dec. 9 and 10
Burglary, assault, vehicle accident
Former MOFGA leader dies; ran group more than 17 years
Russell Libby, who for more than 17 years was executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, died Sunday. He was 56.
REPORTING ASIDE: Warmth beyond physical comfort
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.
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.
Waterville area and Somerset, Franklin County logs, Dec. 8 and 9
Vehicle accidents, burglary, assault
Waterville; Somerset and Franklin County logs, Dec. 7 and 8
Threatening, vehicle accidents, fight
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.