Losing a mother is tough, but as the years pass, the memories of her become more poignant, and her presence, more closely felt, Amy Calder writes.
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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El Tequila to open with Mexican fare in Waterville
The restaurant will be open seven days a week and offers a full menu touting authentic Mexican food and drink in a classy atmosphere.
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Mainers witness selection of new pope as white smoke rises in Vatican City
Cardinal Robert Prevost, who will become Pope Leo XIV, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after the conclave election.
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Oakland voters approve $3.95 million municipal budget
Voters at Oakland’s annual town meeting Tuesday night approved a $3.95 million municipal budget, passing all 23 warrant articles.
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Waterville council debates staffing third ambulance
Waterville fire Chief Jason Frost told councilors he is fearful of what will happen if the city doesn’t hire more people to run another ambulance, in light of an imminent hospital closure, more calls for service and having to take some patients to hospitals farther away than usual.
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PoPo’s Food Truck Park debuts in Waterville
Despite a driving rain, business was go-go at PoPo’s Food Truck Park on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville on Tuesday, its fourth day in business.
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Waterville land trust renovates duplex to sell as affordable housing
The old house at 3 Carrean St. is the third one the Waterville Community Land Trust has bought and fixed up in the city’s South End over the last nine years to sell to low- and moderate-income buyers.
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13 Auburn students taken to Waterville hospitals after feeling ill on bus
The bus carrying Edward Little High School track team members was traveling south on Interstate 95 in Benton late Thursday when they complained of headaches and nausea.
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Here’s one way to take control in the face of uncertainty
There are steps we can take to prepare for possible price increases due to tariffs, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville police, school investigate teacher’s social post urging military to ‘take out’ Trump supporters
Neither Waterville Schools Superintendent Peter Hallen nor Waterville police Chief William Bonney named the teacher who allegedly made the social media posts.