When Nicole Desjardins was 9, she and her cousins, Matthew and Kevin, owned and ran a make-believe business, Friel Executive Enterprises.
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 High School senior awarded $20,000 scholarship
WINSLOW — When Sydney Crogan was in the sixth grade, she met adversity face to face and vowed not to let it direct the course of her life.
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Nearly naked man charged with trespass
WATERVILLE — A man wearing only his underpants was arrested late Thursday after police found him inside a dentist’s office.
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Man found in dentist office, wearing only underpants
WATERVILLE — A Waterville man was arrested late Thursday after police found him inside a dentistry office on Silver Street, wearing only his underpants.
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Thursday, Friday Waterville log, including arrest
Vehicle accident, threatening, disorderly conduct
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Councilors reconsider buying Sentinel building
WATERVILLE — City councilors will again consider buying the Morning Sentinel office for use as a police station because the owners of the building have reduced the price.
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Arrest and Waterville police logs for Wednesday and Thursday
Assault, burglary, threatening
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Colby to build science facility
WATERVILLE — Colby College this year plans to start constructing a new science building, to be completed in the spring of 2014.
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Proposed gas pipeline TIF is workshop topic
WATERVILLE — City councilors will meet at 3 p.m. Friday in the council chambers to review specifics of a proposed tax increment financing district and related development program for a natural gas pipeline proposed by Kennebec Valley Gas Co.