WATERVILLE — Honoring and helping veterans and their families adjust to home life after war is the focus of a benefit event this Saturday.
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.
Police seek woman whose dog bit Colby student
WATERVILLE — Police are looking for a woman whose black dog reportedly bit a Colby College student Feb. 9 on the cross country ski trails on campus.
State’s top planner fired
The acting director of the Maine State Planning Office, Richard J. Swanson Jr., was fired Tuesday after his arrest for driving while intoxicated and was immediately replaced with Peter Rogers, recently Gov. Paul LePage’s communications director.
Planning chief fired after OUI arrest
The acting director of the Maine State Planning Office, Richard J. Swanson Jr., was fired Tuesday after his arrest for driving while intoxicated and was immediately replaced with Peter Rogers, recently Gov. Paul LePage’s communications director.
Acting state planning director fired over OUI
Richard Swanson Jr., 64, was arrested in Waterville on Monday and charged with operating under the influence.
Fire damages Waterville apartments
WATERVILLE — Improper disposal of smoking materials caused a fire that damaged an apartment building at 84 Front St. on Monday afternoon, according to fire officials.
Fire damages Waterville apartment building
WATERVILLE — Improper disposal of smoking materials caused a fire that damaged an apartment building at 84 Front St. Monday afternoon, according to fire officials.
Architects to begin work on Waterville police station
WATERVILLE — Now that the city has decided to build a new police station at Head of Falls, architects will start on the design, City Manager Michael Roy said Friday.
Waterville police station design work starts
WATERVILLE — Now that the city has decided to build a new police station at Head of Falls, architects will start on the design, City Manager Michael Roy said Friday.