Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Saturdays 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 (who is proud to say she was born in Waterville), she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work in the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She holds more than two dozen awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.
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PublishedApril 16, 2021
Two police officials injured, father and son arrested after high speed chase on I-95 in Pittsfield
Joseph Chambers, 46, was charged Thursday with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, operating under the influence, eluding an officer, and refusing to submit to arrest, and his son, Devin Chambers, 25, was charged with two counts of assault on a police officer and violation of probation.
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PublishedApril 2, 2021
Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
On Tuesday, Colby will award Pitts, a journalist, commentator and novelist, with the award named for Lovejoy, an Albion native, Colby alumnus, journalist and abolitionist who was murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois, from an angry, pro-slavery mob.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2021
Waterville woman, killed when tree branch hit car, was executive chef, engaged to be married
Rochelle Hager, 31, died Monday when a large pine tree branch fell onto her car during strong winds, as she drove on Knowlton Corner Road in Farmington.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2021
Police: Man shot by officer after crash investigation in Norridgewock
Police have revealed the identities of the man who was shot and the Somerset County deputy who shot him.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2021
Waterville council votes to support amendment to state’s plan for Kennebec River
Waterville Mayor Jay Coelho said after Tuesday’s meeting that he planned to veto the City Council’s vote to support the Maine Department of Marine Resources’ proposed amendment to its Kennebec River Management Plan.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2021
Public hearing on Kennebec River plan draws questions, comments about dam removal
The Maine Department of Marine Resources held a virtual public hearing Monday on a proposed amendment to its Kennebec River Management Plan.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2021
Fire damages building at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens
The fire, reported at 11:28 p.m. Sunday at Maine Woods Pellet Co. on Harmony Road, damaged the walls, roof and most of the wire trays.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2021
Proponents of climate change carbon resolution voice message at town meetings, other venues
Representatives of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby are promoting at town meetings and municipal meetings a resolution to be sent to state and federal officeholders to support a fee on fossil fuel sales that once collected would be distributed to residents as a dividend.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2021
Woman indicted on charge she stole more than $10,000 from Alfond Youth Center in Waterville
Sherrie Anne Genness, 43, who worked as an office manager at the Alfond Youth & Community Center, is accused of taking the money over five years.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2021
Oakland woman impaled by tree branch in ‘fair’ condition
David and Theresa Roy were traveling on Pond Road in Sidney Tuesday when a tree fell on their vehicle in high winds and a branch came through the car and impaled Theresa Roy, who is 79.
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