Gary Cross, who was suicidal and armed when he parked on Dec. 7 in the Waterville Police Department parking lot, was charged with creating a standoff.
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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At 102, Winslow native Leola Roberts still sees poetry in life
The resident of Oak Grove Center nursing home in Waterville, a writer, poet and artist, celebrated her eighth book this week.
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Waterville city solicitor Lee to serve on state ethics and election practices panel
Full Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination by LePage Tuesday.
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Waterville council to consider selling part of downtown parking lot to Colby College for dormitory
The building would be built on a three-quarter-acre lot on The Concourse that now is the site of the outdoor farmers market from April to November.
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Waterville Community Land Trust buys first home in city’s South End
The trust seeks to help stabilize neighborhoods by providing affordable houses for low-to-moderate income people.
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Police say parents of deceased Fairfield baby allowed to return home
Maine State Police continue to investigate the discovery of a deceased full-term baby boy found in a Fairfield garage earlier this week.
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Police: Full-term baby boy’s remains were found in Fairfield garage
Maine State Police said Wednesday the baby’s body was examined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and additional testing was taking place.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Recent pregnancy remains found in Fairfield garage, police say
The state police’s Major Crimes Unit on Tuesday was searching a mobile home and vehicles on Norridgewock Road after remains from an apparent pregnancy were discovered in the garage next to the home.
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Waterville police investigating possible robbery threat at Burger King
Cashier at the Kennedy Memorial Drive restaurant reports patron made a possible threat before saying he was kidding and ordering food.
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Firefighters shut down fire in propane heater at Wal-Mart in Palmyra
No damage to the outside of the store that was closed for the evening after crews from Newport, Pittsfield and Corinna responded.