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 […]
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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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.
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Somerset sheriff’s officials investigate accidents, drug cases
Somerset County sheriff’s officials had a busy weekend responding to serious vehicle accidents in Palmyra and Hartland and arresting people in Skowhegan and Norridgewock on drug-related charges.
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Waterville and Somerset County logs, Oct. 27 and 28
Theft, trespass, criminal mischief
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250 raise $15,000 for Hardy Girls Healthy Women at annual Freaky 5K Fun Run and Walk
WATERVILLE — Talk about scary.
Sarah Barrese’s severed head was on a platter Saturday morning as the blood-stained Colby College junior marched through campus with hordes of other gory, ghastly, gruesome creatures.
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Winslow mourns students killed in Friday night head-on collision
WINSLOW — Area residents on Saturday were mourning the deaths of two Winslow High School students killed late Friday when, according to police, the vehicle they were in collided head-on with a taxi on South Reynolds Road.
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Police release victims’ names in fatal Winslow crash
WINSLOW — This town on Saturday was mourning the loss of two Winslow High School students killed late Friday when the vehicle they were in collided head-on with a taxi cab on South Reynolds Road, according to police.