Memories of winter activities in the ’60s and ’70s will serve to bring smiles, well into old age, 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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Waterville invited to apply for grant that could lead to $400,000
The application process to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is in two phases and communities accepted could get up to $400,000 each to help improve specific areas of their city, town or region.
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Former Waterville pot store owner pleads guilty in federal drug, firearms case
Daniel Hall, 32, distributed cocaine and marijuana last year to a confidential informant at his then-medical marijuana store, Green Thumb Organics, in Waterville, according to court records.
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Council hires Stephen J. Daly as Waterville’s new city manager
City councilors Tuesday also welcomed the city’s 53rd mayor, Jay Coelho, who was sworn into office earlier in the day by City Clerk Patti Dubois at City Hall.
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Two-year-old boy shot in Waterville remains hospitalized
State and local police are releasing little information about their investigation into the Saturday shooting of a 2-year-old boy in the head, apparently by a sibling, in their Western Avenue home.
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Waterville planners approve plan for police firearms training range
After a lengthy discussion Monday, the Planning Board also voted to table a request to approve final plans for a 60-unit expansion to Countryside Mobile Home Park off West River Road.
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Officials provide no update on 2-year-old shooting victim’s condition
The boy shot in the head Saturday morning in Waterville was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon, but a hospital spokeswoman said Monday she had no information on a patient by that name.
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Waterville boy, 2, in critical condition after shooting
Maine State Police say their investigation revealed the boy’s sibling found a gun in a closet Saturday morning, loaded it and fired one round.
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Waterville council poised to consider hiring new city manager
The council on Tuesday also will consider keeping City Manager Michael Roy on until the end of January and swearing in new Mayor Jay Coelho, councilors and committee appointees, and electing a council chairman.
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State, local police investigate Waterville shooting
A shooting occurred Saturday on Western Avenue in Waterville, but state and local police are not commenting on the incident.