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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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Waterville Spirit Night set for Friday
WATERVILLE — A downtown parade, pep rally, bonfire and street dance at Head of Falls Friday will mark the annual Community Spirit Night festivities.
The Spirit Night planned for Sept. 28 was postponed because of rain, according to organizer Shanon Gurski Dixon.
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Colby fellow seeks to curb South African violence
WATERVILLE — Imagine living in a community where your daughters are raped and beaten on their way to school, abducted and forced to marry men they do not choose and then scorned by the community as impure.
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Pecking away at chicken raising in Waterville
WATERVILLE — Heather Merrow scattered shredded cabbage on the ground and her chickens came, clucking.
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Pizzeria gets OK to open on Union Street in Waterville
WATERVILLE — A pizzeria that owners say will have an “old world feel” is planned to open in the former George’s restaurant at 4 Union St. the week of Oct. 16.
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Waterville fire ruled accidental
WATERVILLE — A fire that damaged a Western Avenue apartment building Tuesday was ruled accidental, officials said.