WATERVILLE — A fire that destroyed an Oak Street home Tuesday was caused by improper disposal of smoking materials, according to fire officials.
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 fire caused by improper cigarette disposal
WATERVILLE — A fire that destroyed an Oak Street home Tuesday was accidental, caused by improper disposal of smoking materials, according to fire officials.
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Fire destroys Waterville house; family of 4 homeless
WATERVILLE — A fast-moving fire destroyed an Oak Street house Tuesday morning, leaving a family of four homeless. Tracey Bragdon, 44, said she had just left her house with her three children and was walking down nearby Ticonic Street when her next-door neighbor, Steve Nye, chased her down the street to tell her the house was on fire.
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Waterville home lost in fire
WATERVILLE — A fast-moving fire destroyed an Oak Street house Tuesday morning, leaving a family of four homeless.
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Fire destroys Waterville home; four left homeless
WATERVILLE — A fast-moving fire tore through an Oak Street house Tuesday morning, destroying the house and leaving a family of four homeless.
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Cause of infant’s death remains unclear
WATERVILLE — State police are still awaiting test results that may determine why an infant died nearly three months ago at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Ticonic Street.
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Somerset County sheriff and Waterville area police logs
Liquor law violation, assault, theft