Christian Yahnel, 20, of Clinton, was pronounced dead at the scene early Wednesday on Bangor Road in Benton after the vehicle he was driving struck a tree, according to a Kennebec County sheriff’s lieutenant.
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 rips through Skowhegan apartment building, sending tenants scrambling to rescue pets
Tenants were distraught as they fled the three-story, 11-unit apartment building at 378 Water St., with some reporting they had lost everything in the blaze.
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Waterville resident requests investigation over alleged illegal council meeting
Rien Finch says four city councilors met at a Waterville restaurant Tuesday night with the mayor and others, which he alleges is a violation of the Maine Freedom of Access Act.
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Waterville councilor, mayor confer with Alfond Youth Center leaders
The Waterville mayor and one councilor tour the Alfond Youth Center and its programs, as Ken Walsh, the center’s president and CEO, asks what else the center can do to help support the community.
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Waterville City Council OKs extending plastic bag ban launch to Sept. 1
Councilors, who must take a second vote on the bag issue, also took a final vote to adopt a marijuana ordinance.
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Two Mexican nationals arrested in Waterville
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents working in Waterville arrested two men, one who had been removed from the U.S. three times previously and another whose visa had expired, according to officials.
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Waterville to consider extending plastic bag ban launch, adopting marijuana rules
The City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to extend the April 22 deadline for enacting a plastic bag ban while those challenging the bag ban appear before a city appeals board.
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Father of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds to be served by publication
The attorney for Reynolds’ mother is running a legal notice in the Morning Sentinel for three consecutive Tuesdays, starting April 2, to serve Justin DiPietro with a wrongful death suit.
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Concourse businesses in Waterville reopen after water main break fixed, flooding recedes
A Goodwill spokeswoman said Monday that the store on The Concourse was to open at noon after being closed Sunday and Monday morning because of a water main break that caused a flood Sunday behind the store and filled the basement with eight feet of water.
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Amy Calder: Don’t leave kids alone in a vehicle
A man who left two girls unattended in an SUV in Waterville was reported to police.