Police converged on Veterans Memorial Park Thursday afternoon where an intoxicated man who reportedly threatened a group of people with knives and screwdrivers was taken by ambulance to a hospital, claiming he was injured.
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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Fire destroys workshop buildings in Winslow but firefighters save nearby house
A fire Wednesday afternoon tore through two attached workshop buildings near an old farmhouse at 627 Abbott Road, destroying the buildings, but firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to the house.
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Identities of victims in Clinton wagon crash released
Clinton police Chief Rusty Bell said two women remained hospitalized Wednesday after the crash Sunday in which a horse-drawn wagon carrying four passengers struck a utility pole, parked car and another utility pole before coming to rest in the street.
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China Road in Winslow reopens after hydraulic fluid spill prompted closure
Winslow police Chief Shawn O’Leary said Wednesday that about 15 gallons of hydraulic fluid were spilled in the roadway for about 3,900 feet, between South and North Reynolds roads and Pattee Pond Road.
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Waterville animal shelter bulging with cats
Lisa Oakes, executive director of the Humane Society Waterville Area, says she hopes people will adopt more than 100 cats and kittens Saturday at the Clear the Shelter event.
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Clinton horse-drawn wagon crash triggered by insect bite, police say
Police Officer Phil DiLuca said that apparently one of the horses was being bitten by an insect and became agitated, shaking its head and breaking its bridle before the two horses tore off down the street with the wagon.
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Amy Calder: Dealing with a lot of hot air
Amy Calder reflects on days when air conditioning was scarce and kids in school just suffered in the heat.
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Fire, police officials continue to probe Skowhegan blaze
State and local investigators were at the scene of a fire Friday that burned two vehicles in a North Avenue driveway and spread to an adjacent house, injuring one person.
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Family of six displaced, two dogs dead in Cornville fire
A fire that apparently started in a barn and spread to a house on West Ridge Road Friday destroyed the barn and heavily damaged the house in which two canines died, according to fire official.
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Skowhegan police, fire officials probe vehicle, house fire
Skowhegan police and firefighters Friday afternoon responded to a vehicle fire that spread to a house on North Avenue and officials contacted the Office of State Fire Marshal to help determine the cause of the blaze.