About 130 people packed Waterville’s Muskie Center for the 32nd annual MLK breakfast.
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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Historic Waterville building remains silent, unused amid nearby improvements
The former Boys and Girls Club on Main Place is expected to draw interest from developers as downtown revitalization efforts progress.
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Two families left homeless after Wilton fire
State fire investigators to help determine the cause of the fire, which appears to have started in a bathroom of the house, according to the fire chief.
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Norridgewock home damaged by fire
The fire at 42 Madison Road is believed to have started around heat tape near a washing machine, a fire captain said.
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Skowhegan man dies after fire in room converted to ‘theater,’ police say
William Lashon, who worked as a projectionist at the Pittsfield Community Theater, died after electrical wiring sparked a fire on Friday, authorities said.
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Wilton chickens escape barn fire apparently started by heat lamp
Earlier, firefighters prevented fire from spreading from a burning plow truck to a nearby Grange hall.
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Fire victim grateful for firefighters, family dog that alerted couple to fire
Firefighters from Winslow, Fairfield, Oakland, Sidney, Vassalboro and Albion went to the Trafton Road fire to provide water tankers, as the home is beyond the reach of Waterville’s hydrant system.
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Waterville family escapes home fire after dog alerts them to smoke
Michael Donihue and Susan MacKenzie were displaced early Wednesday when a fire filled their Trafton Road home with smoke, a fire official said.
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Waterville council approves referendum vote to dissolve AOS 92
Steve Soule was re-elected council chairman Tuesday night.
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Central Maine resources for homeless increase, but so does demand
At a shelter in Waterville and other services in Augusta, a combination of factors such as housing, drugs and job losses are leading to full facilities that continue to expand.