Two people jumped out of a first-floor window after the fire started, and one went to the hospital with burns, according to a fire official.
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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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
Police learned in their investigation that the man was merely trying to secure his pellet gun that had slipped out of his waistband when his pants fell down.
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Waterville teen rescued after falling in deep hole
Dias Greene, 15, was exploring on a recreational trail with a friend Saturday when he slipped into a hole created in the root system of a fallen tree and was stuck there until firefighters rescued him.
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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.”
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Mother of Ayla Reynolds to file wrongful death lawsuit 7 years after child’s disappearance
Seven years after the toddler was reported missing from a Waterville home, Trista Reynolds plans to file a civil suit against Ayla’s father, Justin DiPietro, alleging he caused the child’s death.
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News conference set for Monday in case of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds
The lawyer for her mother, Trista Reynolds, says he plans to talk about the next steps in the case.
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Man hospitalized after Newport shooting
Police say a man suffered two gunshot wounds during an altercation on Moosehead Trail.