Seasonal home owners near the camp of Christopher Knight shared stories Thursday of the times their homes were burglarized, while law enforcement officials dismantled the camp of the man known as the “North Pond Hermit.”
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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Man found face down on ground near Colby
Emergency workers treated a man who was found laying face down on trails near Colby College Wednesday.
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Waterville needs second codes officer, but budget can’t support hire
Waterville’s codes enforcement officer says he needs help, but cannot afford to hire a second employee, according to City Council testimony Tuesday.
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Modern cars: Technological, reliable, practical, and no fun at all
Cars today don’t break down and barely even need someone to drive them, and that takes all the fun and adventure out of them.
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Politics makes budget math difficult for AOS 92
AOS 92 Superintendent Eric Haley says developing school budgets is proving difficult as the fate of its state funding remains up in the air.
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Neighbors remember missing girl on her birthday
Neighbors and friends are remembering missing toddler Ayla Reynolds Thursday, what would have been her third birthday.
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Waterville mayor renews call for sales, lodging tax hikes at budget meeting
Mayor Karen Heck, successor to former Waterville mayor and now Gov. Paul LePage, on Tuesday issued her oft-repeated message to state legislators during a joint meeting of the Board of Education and City Council: “Stop shifting costs to taxpayers.”
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Waterville, Fairfield teens warned by police following graveyard brawl
Police this week warned about a dozen Waterville and Fairfield students for disorderly conduct and criminal trespass after fighting in a local cemetery.
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Waterville school board approves $644K bite out of budget
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday voted 7–0 to cut $644,481 from the proposed 2013-14 school budget in what Superintendent Eric Haley says is one of the worst budget years he has ever seen.
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Central Maine Growth Council boss touts Waterville business gains
A business incubator is opening in the downtown, the former Levine’s building is being developed and the city will learn soon if the airport area is designated a foreign trade zone, Darryl Sterling, executive director of the Central Maine Growth Council, told the Waterville Rotary Club Monday.