Speaker Terry Tempest Williams lauds college for being first in America to divest fossil fuels and bids graduates to go forth with ‘courage, commitment and calm.’
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.
Mystery plaque honors late Waterville mayor
Mayor Eugene Thayer, the only Waterville mayor to die in office, was remembered with the renaming of the Gilmore Street Bridge, but the plaque commemorating it was missing — until a few weeks ago.
Waterville Council approves traffic light at Airport Road
Councilor Dana Bushee voted against measure while City Manager Michael Roy said traffic control was necessary for the development of business.
FAA probes Hartland airplane crash
A Cessna float plane crashed in Great Moose Lake Monday night, but Federal Aviation Administration officials say it will take ‘a while’ to determine the cause.
Wind blamed for trash problem in Waterville
Illegal dumping also a problem in certain select areas of the city that public works must deal with.
First on Waterville agenda: getting financial house in order
A proposal to create an economic development director position in Waterville is expected to be delayed Tuesday night by city councilors wary of the cost involved.
Passengers rescued from plane on lake in Hartland
Minor injuries are reported following an accident on Great Moose Lake.
Waterville police led on car chase through city
Rhonda Graves was taken into custody after she was reported as driving erratically on Interstate 95 and then allegedly led police on a four-mile chase, bumping two cruisers.
KVCAP leadership changing, mission is not
Suzanne Walsh says 50 years after Community Action started serving Kennebec and Somerset counties, it’s still ‘about eliminating poverty.’
Waterville mayor criticizes salary increases for schools, city
While Nick Isgro compares pay levels to those offered in the private sector, school officials note that educators’ pay is in line with other educators.