Ayla was reported missing Dec. 17, 2011, by her father, Justin DiPietro, from her grandmother’s Violette Avenue home in Waterville, launching the most costly state police investigation in Maine history, and she has never been found.
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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Reporting Aside: Woman’s plight an example of psychiatric health care crisis in Maine
A clinical psychologist who’s treating a psychotic, suicidal woman with leukemia stuck for weeks in a hospital emergency department says the state must expand existing psychiatric resources or build new, Amy Calder writes.
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Panel optimistic about closing deal for Hampden waste-to-energy plant in early 2023
The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the municipal solid waste interests of 115 Maine communities, remains optimistic it will partner with Revere Capital Partners, a New York-based investment firm, early next year in owning and operating the plant.
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Parking dispute erupts at Railroad Square complex, prompting Waterville restaurant to seek new home
Buen Apetito, a popular eatery that has been in the Railroad Square complex off Chaplin Street for 20 years, is looking for another location following problems with parking and other matters.
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Reporting Aside: Yes, there’s much that first must be done, but then let’s savor the holiday season
There are cards to write, cookies to bake and presents to wrap, but then the stress seems to fall away and we’re embraced by the joy of the Christmas season, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville council delays decision on police pay raises
The majority of city councilors Tuesday night said they needed more clarity on what proposed pay raises for patrol officers and commanding officers would mean for the long term before voting to approve them.
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Man robs Camden National Bank in downtown Waterville
The man, who left the bank Tuesday with an undisclosed amount of money, headed north on foot, police said.
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Waterville City Council to consider pay increases for police
Councilors on Tuesday could approve two separate union contracts for police that would result in officers seeing a $3 per hour pay raise in January and another in July.
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Worried about porch pirates this holiday season? Skowhegan police have a solution
As a way to ensure holiday packages are not stolen from porches or steps, Skowhegan residents can have their packages sent to the police station instead of their homes, and then pick them up within three days, according to police Chief David Bucknam.
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Water main break forces businesses to close on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville
The businesses reopened later Friday following the break that occurred between McDonald’s restaurant and Irving Circle K.