WATERVILLE — A fast-moving fire tore through an Oak Street house Tuesday morning, destroying the house and leaving a family of four homeless.
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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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
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Local man honored for volunteer work
WATERVILLE — Ask Gilman Pelletier why he loves to help people, and he tells the story of a woman he got to know while delivering meals to her home.
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Arrests, police and sheriff’s logs for Waterville, Somerset County
Thefts, threatening, vehicle accidents
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Vet clinic victim of filching
OAKLAND — A Rome woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with embezzling more than $45,000 from Lakeside Veterinary Clinic over a period of four years, according to police.
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Waterville man arrested in burglaries
WATERVILLE — A man was arrested on multiple burglary charges Wednesday night after police saw him on a surveillance video and recognized him as the person they had just passed drinking coffee on the street.
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Boosting downtown with Taste
WATERVILLE — Busy downtowns are a vital part of any community, and the Taste of Greater Waterville didn’t disappoint Wednesday.