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
July 14, 2020

Central Maine Growth Council launches small business grant program

Small businesses, entrepreneurs or sole proprietors in Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield and Oakland needing an infusion of cash because of the coronavirus pandemic can apply for grants of up to $2,000.
Published
July 13, 2020

Waterville’s Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen closes permanently

The soup kitchen, which operated at Sacred Heart Church for 40 years, closed temporarily when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March.
Published
July 13, 2020

Polls open Tuesday for in-person voting with precautions for coronavirus

The state has issued guidelines concerning social distancing, masks and keeping pens and surfaces clean that towns such as Waterville, Fairfield and China have used to keep voters safe.
Published
July 13, 2020

Skowhegan State Fair to be small agricultural event this year

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the fair this year will be a small agricultural fair to be held in September on the Skowhegan fairgrounds.
Published
July 5, 2020

Waterville City Council to take up proposed budget, bond issue

City councilors are scheduled to take a first vote Tuesday on the proposed municipal and school budget for 2020-21, and consider a final vote on a proposed $4 million bond package.
Published
July 3, 2020

Amy Calder: July Fourth sparks memories of holidays past

Though traditional July Fourth celebrations will be altered this weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mainers will likely find safe and fun ways to mark the holiday, Amy Calder writes.
Published
July 2, 2020

KVCOG awarded $400,000, two-year grant to help region respond to pandemic

The grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration supports communities responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published
July 1, 2020

Trash going back to PERC as towns seek operator for Fiberight solid waste facility

The Municipal Review Committee told member municipalities and others that 3/4 of their trash was being diverted to the Orrington waste-to-energy plant while the Fiberight plant in Hampden is shut down.
Published
June 30, 2020

Colby College announces plan to bring students back to campus in August

The $10 million opening plan includes input from medical professionals, 50 faculty members and 10 task forces, and involves administering 85,000 tests for the coronavirus to students, faculty and staff in the fall semester.
Published
June 30, 2020

Another marijuana facility on Waterville planning agenda

The Waterville Planning Board on Monday is scheduled to consider a plan for a marijuana growing operation on Industrial Road, just down the road from another marijuana operation licensed by the city in May.