The eastbound lane of the Ticonic Bridge from Waterville to Winslow opened at 5 p.m. Thursday after a six-month closure for construction.
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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Belgrade workshop focuses on the art of sheep shearing
Fourteen students, as well as observers and instructors, took part in a two-day sheep shearing workshop at North Belgrade Community Center, organized by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
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Leaving our central Maine youth in the dust | Column
We baby boomers had it pretty good when we consider how young people entering the workforce now struggle to meet high rents, buy food and gas and pay off college and car loans, Amy Calder writes.
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Family of horse and pony lovers strut their stuff at Pittston Fair
Jesse and Casey Seavey of North Anson, and their three daughters, twins Mariah and Morgan, 11, and Lindsey, 6, compete with their workhorses and ponies at the Pittston Fair.
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Waterville sees modest tax rate increase with new budget
A statistical property revaluation, whose results are expected soon, could lower the city’s property tax rate, officials say.
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Waterville rethinking residency requirement as search for city manager stalls
City councilors will consider voting to put a referendum on the November ballot asking voters if they want to eliminate a requirement in the city charter that a city manager must live in Waterville.
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Saying goodbye to an old Skowhegan school | Column
A recent tour of the soon-to-be-razed Margaret Chase Smith School conjured some happy memories from the 1960s — and a couple of unfortunate ones, Amy Calder writes.
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Victims’ relatives say teen accused of Chelsea slayings had mental and behavioral issues
While Maine State Police evidence technicians continued to process the scene of the double killing, family members spoke out about the men who were killed and the 16-year-old who has been arrested and charged with murder in their deaths.
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Waterville food truck serves up Philly-style ‘water ice’
The creamy smooth, velvety-textured treat is being introduced to central Maine by Philadelphia natives and expatriates, Bobby Dombroski and his wife, Larkin Silverman.
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Juvenile charged with murder in deaths of 2 men found dead in Chelsea home
Maine State Police found two bodies in the Chelsea home, and a juvenile was arrested.