Investigators believe the owner of the home at 93 Dutton Road, identified as 53-year-old David Buchanan, died in Friday’s fire.
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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Reporting Aside: Move along, April, you fickle month
As Robert Frost penned in his poem “Two Tramps in Mud Time,” April has a habit of taking us a step into summer and then two back into winter, Amy Calder writes.
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Day’s Jewelers to move Waterville corporate offices to The Elm on College Avenue
The company will lease the first floor from local businessman Bill Mitchell, who says the City Council chambers and First Congregational Church United Church of Christ and its related Essentials Closet will remain on the lower level of the building.
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Municipal Review Committee announces new partner to restart Hampden recycling, waste-to-energy plant
Committee said Wednesday it is seeking a partnership with Innovative Resource Recovery, a special purpose entity backed by a multibillion-dollar asset management firm.
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Waterville City Council votes to change provider for solid waste disposal, recycling
Councilors also took the first of two votes needed to approve a zoning change at 74 Pleasant St. to allow Ware-Butler Building Supply to put offices at the former Sacred Heart Church rectory.
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Waterville to consider changing provider for solid waste disposal, recycling
The City Council is expected to hear a proposal Tuesday to forego a new contract with Waste Management in Norridgewock in favor of a more affordable option with Casella Waste Systems in Waterville.
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Man whose social media post led to Skowhegan-area school closures charged with terrorizing
Janathian Viles was arrested Thursday after a police officer interviewed him in Brewer, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
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Reporting Aside: Woman’s actions draw ire of online commentators, but family says there’s more to the story
Nichole Nalley-Dickey says her brother’s wife, Rebecca Mceachern-Gorman, was suffering from brain damage when she crashed her car into a pole on Main Street in Waterville last week, Amy Calder writes.
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Talks continue on another round of improvements to downtown Waterville
The third in a series of meetings for the public to give input on what Waterville needs to further improve the downtown area was held recently at the Spectrum Generations Muskie Community Center.
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Waterville man faces drugs summons after standoff with police at apartment near fire station
Police said they responded Tuesday night to Union Street after neighbors reported hearing what they thought were shots fired inside an apartment, but it turned out the man inside was smashing things with a hammer and was found with methamphetamine.