Melissa Ames, 49, of Newport, escaped serious injury in the crash, in which her car struck both sides of a bridge abutment and flipped onto its roof.
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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Central Maine residents should beware of snow piling up on roof
A Waterville contractor spells out the danger, while a mobile home dealer emphasizes the importance of maintenance.
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Young man, daughter, 5, left homeless after Cornville fire
A blaze at Cornville mobile home apparently caused by heaters placed near frozen water pipes.
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Alfond Center pays $27,000 to Waterville for remainder of building fee
The city had given the center a $27,000 discount for a building expansion permit, stirring a controversy that prompted the center to pay the full amount.
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Sleet, snow slow commutes in central Maine while crews clean up after weekend storm
Public works crews and area residents remove up to a foot of snow from municipalities Monday, as temperatures and wind chills plunge through Tuesday.
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Report of man loading a handgun at Waterville Walmart a case of mistaken perception
Police learned in their investigation that the man was merely trying to secure his pellet gun that had slipped out of his waistband when his pants fell down.
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District attorney declines to prosecute shooter in Newport case
Marianne Lynch said police did a thorough investigation of the case, but she determined her office could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed.
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Waterville committee recommends increased parking fines
The city’s Parking Study Committee is considering parking changes that will result as part of on going downtown revitalization efforts and implementation of a $7.37 million federal BUILD grant it was awarded.
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Castonguay Square redesign narrowed down to three concepts
About 50 people turned out Wednesday for a final workshop in Waterville to help synthesize what the park in the heart of downtown will look like in the future.
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Phil Bofia elected to Ward 2 council seat in Waterville
Councilors also voted to take the first of two needed votes to accept a $7.37 million federal grant for downtown revitalization.