WATERVILLE — Singer Eddie Money rocked the city’s center Wednesday night, belting out tunes to thousands of revelers who converged on the downtown for the 20th annual Taste of Greater Waterville.
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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Police say Farmingdale woman was accomplice in Waterville pharmacy robbery
WATERVILLE — Police on Tuesday arrested a woman believed to have been an accomplice June 12 in a Walmart pharmacy robbery here.
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Two Cent Bridge will be open for Taste of Greater Waterville
City Engineer Greg Brown said Tuesday that the contractor working on bridge repairs had completed wind cable work. A “Bridge Closed” sign and blockade at the bridge’s entrances, visible on Tuesday, is supposed to be removed by today.
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Farmingdale woman arrested as accomplice in Waterville robbery
WATERVILLE — Police on Tuesday arrested a woman believed to have been an accomplice June 12 in a Walmart pharmacy robbery here.
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Waterville toddler returned to his sitter after he was found screaming on neighbor’s porch
WATERVILLE — A toddler wearing only diapers found screaming on a Silver Street porch Monday morning was rescued by police and returned to his babysitter.
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Teen boy burned when lawnmower set on fire in Waterville
WATERVILLE — Police and fire officials are investigating an arson Friday night in which a lawnmower was set on fire and destroyed off Silver Street.
A 14-year-old boy who told officials he was involved in the arson suffered burns to his left forearm and was taken to the hospital, according to both police Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey and fire Lt. Shawn Esler.
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Waterville lawn mower fire was an arson
WATERVILLE — Police and fire officials are investigating an arson Friday night in which a lawnmower was set on fire and destroyed off Silver Street.
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Waterville 2-year-old returned to his babysitter
WATERVILLE — A toddler wearing only diapers found screaming on a Silver Street porch Monday morning was rescued by police and returned to his babysitter.
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Reporting Aside: Watergate-era news technology, 40 years on
This summer is the 40th anniversary of the scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon and we thought it apropos to watch the 1976 movie “All the President’s Men” again.