SnowFest includes a series of activities, including the only equestrian skijoring race in the Northeast which involves a horse and rider pulling a snowboarder or an Alpine skier down a 1,000-foot track of gates and jumps.
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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‘Improper passing’ led to head-on Fairfield crash, police say
A husband and wife from Madison were taken to the hospital Friday night after their van collided head-on with a car that apparently was trying to improperly pass other vehicles on Middle Road in Fairfield.
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Amy Calder: Celebrating national pet day during the pandemic
The world would be a sadder and lonelier place without our pets, and celebrating National Love Your Pet Day on Saturday gives us a chance to honor and pamper them, Amy Calder writes.
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Pennsylvania man dies from apparent heart attack while snowmobiling on Pleasant Pond
Mark Schaub, 62, was riding a snowmobile with his wife on the pond in the Somerset County town of Caratunk when he apparently suffered a cardiac issue and fell off the snowmobile.
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Special committee to review fatal Waterville police shooting of Hartland man
Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey is convening a special committee to review the fatal shooting of a Hartland man last week by a police officer.
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Waterville council postpones voting on proposed change in Kennebec River management plan
The council voted to postpone indefinitely making a decision about an amendment to update the Kennebec River management plan, developed by the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
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Waterville City Council to consider final vote on downtown tax district request
The meeting, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, will be accessible to the public through a link at the city’s website — waterville-me.gov. Those wanting to take part in the meeting must contact the city clerk’s office for credentials to log in.
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Amy Calder: Valentine’s Day, with kitty-litter vengeance
The Humane Society Waterville Area is conducting a decidedly nontraditional Valentine’s Day fundraiser, one that may stink to some, but for others, it is just what the doctor ordered, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville police officer fatally shoots ‘knife-wielding’ Hartland man on highway
The state Attorney General’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of Eric J. Porter, 32, of Hartland by Waterville police Officer Paul Heath, after authorities responded to call at a hotel parking lot.
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‘Thank God for those fire departments’: Some, but not all, costly wood kilns destroyed in Harmony fire
The kilns were part of Thomas Firewood, a Ripley-based business owned by Derek Thomas. Thomas’ father, Doug Thomas, a former state senator and representative, owned the company until selling it to his son a year ago.