Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.
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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Waterville man accused in Colby College gunfire had feuded previously with assailant, police affidavit says
Officials say Andrew Gifford, 24, fired a 9 mm handgun three times in a crowded hallway during a party at the Waterville college after he had been hit in the head with a bottle by a man with whom Gifford had fought years earlier.
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Utility crews work to restore power in central Maine after nor’easter
The storm delivered strong winds and heavy snow that brought down power lines and branches, primarily in coastal and southern parts of the state.
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Fire destroys 3 homes on shore of North Pond in Smithfield
The seasonal homes toward the north end of the pond were destroyed Thursday in a blaze that drew at least three-dozen firefighters from the region.
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Man convicted in previous death pleads guilty in 1987 killing of Janet Brochu of Winslow
Gerald Goodale, 63, who’s already serving a 75-year term, entered his plea Thursday in a Skowhegan courtroom and was sentenced to 32 years.
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Body of Clinton man found in SUV discovered upside down in water
Gene Rose, 66, was found Tuesday in the vehicle that was overturned in about 4 feet of water off Hill Road in Clinton.
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Police: Three face charges in 2022 armed home invasion in Bingham
Two men and a woman are accused in home invasion May 29 on Main Street, police said.
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Pedestrian hit by municipal plow truck in Winslow
The accident occurred when a 32-year-old man attempted to cross Benton Avenue as a public works truck sanding the street was backing up, according to police.
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Woman, 50, dies in Johnson Mountain Township snowmobile crash
Tanya Hanson, 50, of Wells died after crashing her snowmobile in northern Somerset County.
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Thaws in December and January lead to poor ice fishing season
Many people were out ice fishing Sunday at China Lake, Lake George and other locations, but fishing south of Augusta was not so good, given unfavorable ice conditions.