WATERVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage was again in the spotlight on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but not because of any controversy with the NAACP.
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 both 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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Applause, cheers as governor shares a drum beat dance
WATERVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage was again in the spotlight on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but not because of any controversy with the NAACP.
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LePage dances to African drumming at MLK breakfast
The governor proclaims the day Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, saying “community service really counts.”
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Vote Tuesday on new Waterville police station
WATERVILLE — A new $2.5 million police station will be built at Head of Falls this year if councilors approve the plan Tuesday night.
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AMY CALDER: The gift of stories and love
As winter settles in, I think of my old friend Ivanilla Austin.
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Demolition of Waterville church nears
WATERVILLE — A plan to raze St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church on Elm Street and replace it with housing for the elderly is moving closer to reality, with officials estimating the demolition will be in spring or early summer.
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Demolition of church nears
WATERVILLE — A plan to raze St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church on Elm Street and replace it with housing for the elderly is moving closer to reality, with officials estimating the demolition will be in spring or early summer.
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Ice falls off bridge, injures driver
FAIRFIELD – Police and other emergency workers at about 3:45 p.m. today were heading to Interstate 95 near Exit 132 southbound for a report of a driver injured when ice and snow fell off a bridge and apparently crashed through her windshield.