About 40 firefighters from seven towns battled the blaze at 456 Canaan Road, which destroyed the building, but firefighters were able to save a house that is about 3 feet from the structure.
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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2019 Trek Across Maine cyclists arrive in Waterville during three-day event
Of 1,675 people who registered for the 35th annual event, 1,270 took part, pedaling from Brunswick to Waterville on Saturday and raising about $1.2 million, according to the American Lung Association in Maine.
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Nokomis senior: ‘It’s okay to not know where you’re headed in life’
Nokomis Regional High School, Newport senior Madison Hopkins changed her college major from forensic science to ‘undeclared,’ telling the crowd it is OK to change one’s mind.
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Waterville board to consider Colby hotel plans
The Planning Board on Monday will look at preliminary and final plans for a proposed 47,692-square-foot hotel at 9 Main St. downtown.
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Amy Calder: Maine native returns to help LGBTQ youth
Brock Libby has spent years out of state studying adolescent medicine with an eye toward bringing his skills back to Maine to help youth, with a special focus on LGBTQ youth.
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Maine native stops in Waterville while bicycling from Key West to Fort Kent
Robert Bryant, who grew up in Pittsfield but lives in Parkland, Florida, had pedaled more than 2,367 miles and raised $2,300 for cancer research by the time he stopped to visit his mother Friday in Waterville.
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Somerset sheriff names new chief deputy
Skowhegan native Michael O. Mitchell, of Embden, replaces James Ross, who retired in April.
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Waterville educator urges seniors to ‘build a good foundation’
Ron Webber, who taught and coached for more than 40 years in the district and continues to teach as a substitute, also asked seniors to use meaningful words such as “I like what you do” with those they care about.
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Waterville businesses, residents to weigh in on changes to downtown traffic pattern
A state official who will oversee plans to change traffic from one-way to two-way downtown told the City Council on Tuesday that a public forum will be held this month so people can see draft plans.
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Colby announces $26 million hotel project to start next month
The Lockwood Hotel, with 53 rooms, a restaurant, bar and limestone facade to reflect the city’s past, is expected to open in the fall of 2020.