The suspect lost his footing on ice across from Bangor Savings Bank in the parking lot of a Waterville restaurant, where a state police special agent happened to be parked.
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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Fleeing Maine bank robber slips, spills money, gun in front of lieutenant, police say
The suspect slips on the ice across from the Bangor Savings Bank in the parking lot of a Waterville restaurant, where a state police lieutenant happened to be parked.
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‘Numerous’ cats and dogs removed from Skowhegan house after search
Skowhegan police and state animal welfare agents arrested a man at a Waterville Road home Wednesday as part of an investigation and found excrement all over the floors and walls.
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Team from central Maine takes second place in national snow sculpting contest
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Fire damages six-unit apartment building in Skowhegan
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Tractor trailer gets caught up on fire escape of building in downtown Waterville
Police and fire officials helped cut the truck free Saturday night and direct it out onto Main Street.
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Young man, daughter, 5, left homeless after Cornville fire
A blaze at Cornville mobile home apparently caused by heaters placed near frozen water pipes.
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Report of man loading a handgun at Waterville Walmart a case of mistaken perception
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Waterville teen rescued after falling in deep hole
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Gov. LePage reflects on his successes, regrets, as he prepares to leave office
The two-term governor, who was also mayor of Waterville, says he plans to leave a message on the pillow of incoming Gov. Janet Mills at the Blaine House that says, “If you mess it up, I’m your opponent in 2022.”