In the wake of a barn fire Sunday that spread to a nearby garage, fire Chief Eric Rowe urges people to obtain a permit for a brush fire and ensure it is at least 100 feet from structures.
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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Fire rips through Skowhegan apartment building, sending tenants scrambling to rescue pets
Tenants were distraught as they fled the three-story, 11-unit apartment building at 378 Water St., with some reporting they had lost everything in the blaze.
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Two Mexican nationals arrested in Waterville
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents working in Waterville arrested two men, one who had been removed from the U.S. three times previously and another whose visa had expired, according to officials.
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Father of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds to be served by publication
The attorney for Reynolds’ mother is running a legal notice in the Morning Sentinel for three consecutive Tuesdays, starting April 2, to serve Justin DiPietro with a wrongful death suit.
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Water main break in Waterville floods basement of Goodwill store, parking lot behind mall
Emergency crews, including firefighters, responded to The Concourse Sunday morning and deployed a boat in several feet of water behind stores on The Concourse to locate and unplug drains.
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US-Canada ‘Lobster War’ film to be screened in Waterville
“Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds,” a film by Boston Globe reporter David Abel and co-director-producer Andy Laub, documents the effects of climate change on the lobster industry, as experienced by lobstermen warring with each other off the Maine coast.
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Lewiston senior follows role model to win 2019 state Poetry Out Loud competition
Joao Victor, a senior at Lewiston High School, won the State of Maine 2019 Poetry Out Loud Finals, held Monday at the Waterville Opera House.
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Officials investigate dead body found in Palmyra motel
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and state police arrived at Lovley’s Motel after 9 a.m. Wednesday where a woman who appeared to be distraught was later taken away in an ambulance.
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Waterville police seize drugs, make arrests in two separate busts over weekend
Police arrested four people at a local hotel Friday and Saturday, seizing fentanyl and crack and handing two 17-year-old girls from out-of-state over to DHHS to be sent home to their parents.
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First snowfall of March blankets central Maine, causing delays and closures
In the waning days of winter, Monday’s snowfall adds only a few inches to the relatively low seasonal total, officials said.