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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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Freaky 5K run raises $15,000 for Hardy Girls
WATERVILLE — Talk about scary.
Sarah Barrese’s severed head was on a platter this morning as the blood-stained Colby College junior marched through campus with hordes of other gory, ghastly, gruesome creatures.
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Two Winslow High students killed in crash
Police expect to release more information today about the head-on collision on South Reynolds Road late Friday.
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Oakland dad delivers son with dispatcher’s help
The last thing Glenn Adams expected to be doing early Thursday was delivering his own baby — and tying off the umbilical cord with a shoelace. But that’s what the 31-year-old Oakland man did around 5 a.m. when his wife, Heather, announced it was time to go the hospital. They didn’t get there. In fact, […]
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Waterville police dispatcher helps deliver baby
Following dispatcher Sarah Bailey’s instructions over the phone, a man assisting the mother successfully ties the umbilical cord off with his shoe lace.
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Waterville mayor among event speakers opposed to insurance deregulation
WATERVILLE — Mayor Karen Heck on Wednesday spoke against a state law passed last year that deregulated health insurance costs, saying that the law caused health care premiums for small businesses to spike.
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Waterville mayor speaks out against health care hikes
WATERVILLE — Mayor Karen Heck on Wednesday spoke out against a bill passed last year that deregulated health insurance costs and caused health care premiums for small businesses and others to spike.
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Two men, 14-year-old girl arrested in Waterville break-in, assault
WATERVILLE — Two men and a 14-year-old girl who later was found with a knife in her bra were arrested late Monday after they reportedly broke into an apartment on Water Street and assaulted three people there.
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Six US Senate candidates cover the gamut in Waterville forum
WATERVILLE — Candidates for U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe’s seat addressed everything from health care to energy to privatizing Social Security at a forum Tuesday at Waterville Opera House.