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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November 20, 2020

Amy Calder: Memories of Thanksgivings past

Taking laps around the backyard and breathing November air during the pandemic evokes thoughts of holidays long ago, Amy Calder writes.
Published
November 19, 2020

Children’s Discovery Museum buys former Waterville church

Museum officials hope to begin renovating the former First Congregational United Church of Christ building at 7 Eustis Parkway early next year.
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November 18, 2020

Alfond Center in Waterville hands out 850 hot Thanksgiving meals

The Alfond Youth & Community Center staff cooked and handed out Thanksgiving meals Saturday to drive-up recipients from its North Street facility.
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November 17, 2020

Waterville council votes to prohibit overnight winter parking

The City Council vote Tuesday allows people to park on The Concourse overnight from Dec. 1 to April 30 as long as the city is not plowing or removing snow from that area.
Published
November 16, 2020

Waterville Planning Board votes to recommend chicken rule change to council

The board on Monday also voted to refer to the council for public hearings and recommendation a request to rezone land on North Street to allow for an indoor community ice rink to be built there, and a request to approve proposed rules for short-term residential units.
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November 16, 2020

Waterville council to consider finalizing overnight winter parking ban

The City Council also will consider taking a second vote to approve leasing property on North Street to the Alfond Youth & Community Center so it can build an indoor community ice rink there.
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November 13, 2020

Pickup truck, tractor-trailer collide on Main Street in Madison

The accident downtown occurred Friday when a pickup truck was backing out of a driveway and collided with a tractor-trailer, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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November 13, 2020

Waterville planners to consider changing chicken rules after coop complaint involving former councilor

The Waterville Planning Board meeting on Monday will be held at 7 p.m. in a new location in Room 178 at the Mid-Maine Technical Center at Waterville Senior High School.
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November 13, 2020

Amy Calder: Remembering an old friend

Peg, who died last year at 95, was an unusual woman who lived in an old house passed down through the family, still used a rotary phone and never owned a television, Amy Calder writes.
Published
November 12, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread, who enforces mask mandates in central Maine?

Local officials continue to rely on education and voluntary compliance with public health orders to wear face coverings, even as rallies against wearing masks continue.