Amy Calder

Morning Sentinel

Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Saturdays 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 (who is proud to say she was born in Waterville), she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work in the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She holds more than two dozen awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.

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Published
September 19, 2023

Waterville city councilors defend property tax increases after former councilor lambastes them

Phil Bofia said Tuesday the City Council lacked the courage to hold the line on spending, but the mayor and others defended the budget in part by saying wages for police and firefighters needed to increase.
Published
September 18, 2023

Waterville City Council to consider purchase of police body cameras

Councilors could sign off Tuesday on spending $114,885 on 24 body cameras, and related equipment, to be worn by every patrol officer and patrol sergeant.
Published
September 16, 2023

Grocery market with focus on regional producers, artisans to open in downtown Waterville

Main Street Provisions, scheduled to begin greeting customers next month at the storefront formerly occupied by L. Tardif Jeweler at 62 Main St., is one of several new ventures that has opened or is expected to open in the coming weeks.
Published
September 15, 2023

Reporting Aside: Winslow farm pushes for people to face life’s cruelties together

Robin Bartholf operates Ephphatha Community Farm where the horses and other animals can have a therapeutic effect on people with physical, developmental or emotional challenges, Amy Calder writes.
Published
September 13, 2023

Supporters rally for suspended Oakland town manager

The Town Council placed Ella Bowman on paid administrative leave Aug. 23, and she still does not know the details as to why, except that it was because of an employee complaint.
Published
September 12, 2023

After being forced from longtime home, Waterville man finally finds new housing

Kevin Horton, 64, was forced to leave his Waterville apartment of 25 years and last week moved into the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, but with a lot of help he has found a place to live.
Published
September 12, 2023

Waterville-area aid groups gather to offer a hand up

About 60 community service organizations, including agencies that provide mental and physical health and substance abuse services, set up at Head of Falls in Waterville on Tuesday where many people sought help and received it.
Published
September 11, 2023

Norridgewock man suffers serious injuries in single-vehicle crash, police say

Passenger Jeremy Maynard, 33, was injured in a crash late Saturday on Walker Road.
Published
September 11, 2023

Waterville city councilor faces challenge from Planning Board member in mayoral race

Matthew S. Boulerice, a member of the Waterville Planning Board, plans to run with no party affiliation against City Councilor Michael J. Morris, a Democrat, for the mayor’s seat.
Published
September 8, 2023

Waterville man forced out of downtown apartment finds bed at homeless shelter

Kevin Horton, 64, lived in his apartment 25 years but the building is being sold and he was told he has to leave. He’s been unable to find a new apartment.