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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PublishedSeptember 28, 2020
As officials investigate Oakland church gathering, town manager worries ‘this has the potential to be a superspreader’
Oakland police are talking with state officials about large gatherings held over the weekend at Kingdom Life Church to determine what action should be taken in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Despite viral, environmental setbacks, Canaan farm sells pumpkins to benefit Make-A-Wish
The Ring family farm is selling pumpkins, with all proceeds helping Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, in the face of the challenges of the pandemic and drought.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Police to probe whether Oakland church violated pandemic guidelines with weekend crowds
Vehicles, many with out-of-state plates, packed the Kingdom Life Church parking lot on High Street in Oakland on Friday and Saturday nights, possibly violating state pandemic guidelines.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2020
Waterville voters to decide contested races for City Council, Board of Education
Voters in Ward 4 on Nov. 3 will also consider choices in a three-way race for Kennebec Water District Board of Trustees.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2020
Amy Calder: Waterville Paragon Shop owners know when it’s time to go
After 38 years on Main Street in Waterville, Nancy and Roger St. Amand are selling the Paragon Shop, but they hold onto plenty of fond memories running the popular business, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Colby College testing ‘going well,’ official overseeing health and safety plans says
Students, faculty and staff at the Waterville college are taking health and safety protocol seriously, according to Doug Terp, who is in charge of COVID-19 plans.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2020
Central Maine Growth Council grant to pump more than $1.2 million into mid-Maine
A $600,000 federal grant, with matching funding, will help retain, establish and grow technology-based companies in mid-Maine.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2020
Amy Calder: Vote early as the line and wait on Election Day may be long
With a big presidential election coming up Nov. 3, coupled with challenges created by the pandemic, voting will be different this year, but we have to face them head on and vote, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
City Council OKs Waterville’s membership in U.S. Conference of Mayors, benefitting land trust housing
The Waterville Community Land Trust was successful in requesting the city spend $2,000 so Waterville can become a member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, allowing the nonprofit land trust to apply for grants for affordable housing for families.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
State police, sheriff’s office investigate Anson man’s death
Dwain Libby, 52, of West Mills Road was found apparently ill and incoherent at his home Monday and died later that night at a Portland hospital.
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