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
November 3, 2020

Judge grants order against Waterville Planning Board member in harassment case with immigrant neighbor

District Court Judge Charles Dow on Tuesday approved a request by Falah Waheeb for a protection from harassment order against his neighbor Cathy Weeks.
Published
November 3, 2020

Central Mainers cast ballots in record numbers during historic election

Long lines greeted voters across central Maine on Tuesday morning, with some people waiting more than an hour in freezing temperatures and light snowfall.
Published
November 2, 2020

Neighbor testifies Cathy Weeks called neighbors ‘radical Muslims’ in Waterville case

Weeks, a member of the Waterville Planning Board, denied she tried to interfere with the sale of a house to Falah Waheeb because he is Muslim in a protection from harassment hearing Monday.
Published
November 2, 2020

Waterville City Council to consider winter ban on on-street, overnight parking

The council meeting this week is scheduled for Wednesday night — instead of Tuesday — because of Election Day.
Published
November 2, 2020

Evening Sandwich Program in Waterville restarts on Tuesdays and Fridays

The Universalist Unitarian Church on Silver Street is resuming its Evening Sandwich Program this week on a limited basis after closing temporarily in March and June due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Published
October 30, 2020

Amy Calder: Post election, show respect

As Americans, we are part of the same team, despite our divisions, Amy Calder writes.
Published
October 29, 2020

Waterville officials, business owner seek solutions to Silver Street problems

Business owner John Fortier is asking Waterville officials to find alternatives to closing part of Silver Street downtown from April 1 to Nov. 1, 2021, to allow for outdoor dining and to solve problems with unsavory activities occurring in an alleyway next to his business.
Published
October 28, 2020

Oakland church goes virtual, saying student who attended in-person tests positive for COVID-19

Jamie Dickson, senior pastor of Kingdom Life Church in Oakland, announced via Facebook video church services will go virtual because a college student who had attended in-person services tested positive for COVID-19.
Published
October 26, 2020

Waterville day care closes temporarily for lack of staff after worker exposed to COVID-19

Temple Tots is on the same property as Temple Academy on West River Road. Neither the day care nor the school has reported a COVID-19 infection, according to Superintendent Kevin Wood.
Published
October 25, 2020

Fire destroys Palmyra home, leaving at least three homeless

The fire on Gale Road is believed to have been started by an electrical heater in a bedroom, according to Hartland fire Chief Charles Gould, who responded to the scene Saturday.