Richard Blanco will read from his new illustrated children’s book version of “One Today,” hosted by Waterville’s Children’s Book Cellar.
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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Decision on Reiter’s fate to come Monday night
The Waterville school board is deliberating carefully and ‘will not make a rush to judgment’ on the dismissal recommendation for the high school principal, the chairwoman says.
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Fate of Waterville principal Reiter unresolved
The school board recessed Wednesday night until Monday after deliberating more than seven hours about the fate of Waterville Senior High School Principal Don Reiter, who is accused of soliciting sex from a student.
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Lawyer says Waterville principal asked student for sex
The superintendent’s attorney said high school principal Don Reiter told the girl behind a closed door in his office that he had chosen her for sex, but Reiter’s lawyer said the girl made a pass at Reiter.
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Officials mull change after Waterville City Council election
While the ousted chairman says the council will now be more liberal, Waterville’s Republican mayor says it’s too early to make assumptions.
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Waterville principal Reiter: ‘I absolutely deny the allegation’
Don Reiter says the incident has cost him his reputation, money and his marriage, even as he expresses confidence he’ll prevail.
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Reiter hearing to be at Waterville’s Mitchell School
The dismissal hearing for the Waterville Senior High School principal, who has been on paid administrative leave since Sept. 1, will be held Nov. 10.
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George Mitchell to speak at Harvest on the Square
Bill Mitchell, the former senator’s nephew, is throwing a party celebrating the community in the Masonic Building on Common Street and in a tent on Castonguay Square.
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Waterville council to consider vacant building ordinance
City officials say the new rules would help police, reduce danger and crime; new rescue truck is also on Wednesday meeting agenda.
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Winslow students celebrate Day of the Dead
Students in the junior high Spanish class get a taste of the centuries-old Mexican holiday.