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
June 17, 2020

Maine towns’ trash disposal future in limbo as buyer sought for beleaguered plant

The Municipal Review Committee updated members Wednesday on its efforts to find a new buyer and operator after Coastal Maine LLC suspended operations last month at the Fiberight plant in Hampden.
Published
June 16, 2020

Waterville council votes to allow dining on Common Street

Councilors also decided to hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss what capital improvement requests should be included in a 2020 bond.
Published
June 16, 2020

Police remain hushed on cause of death in Waterville shooting

The final cause of death for Joseph Tracy, who was shot June 6 in Waterville and died two days later, is being withheld because the case is an active investigation.
Published
June 16, 2020

State trooper recovering after hit by fleeing car in China

Maine State Trooper Mickael Nunez, 30, underwent surgery for a severe broken leg Sunday after he was hit by a vehicle involved in a high-speed chase that started in Waterville and ended in China.
Published
June 15, 2020

Waterville City Council to consider outdoor dining request on Common Street

The Proper Pig seeks to use sidewalk space and part of Common Street for outdoor dining. The bar and restaurant is asking that the entire street be closed from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturdays.
Published
June 15, 2020

Augusta city clerk to return to clerk’s job in Waterville

Patti Dubois, who left her job as Waterville city clerk recently to become the city clerk in Augusta, is returning June 29 to her former job at Waterville City Hall, and Matt Skehan, director of the Waterville Parks & Recreation Department, will become the city’s director of Public Works when Mark Turner retires July 2.
Published
June 15, 2020

State trooper in serious condition after hit by car during high-speed chase

State Trooper Mickael Nunez, 30, was listed in serious condition Monday at MaineGeneral in Augusta. Police say Nunez was hit Sunday in China by a car driven by Robert Belmain, 53, of Caribou.
Published
June 12, 2020

Central Maine towns want Hampden trash plant using Fiberight technology to reopen

Since Coastal Resources LLC suspended operations May 28 after being unable to get a $14.7 million loan, area towns have been sending their trash to Waste Management-Crossroads Landfill in Norridgewock, but they hope Coastal will be back up and running with help from the Municipal Review Committee.
Published
June 12, 2020

Amy Calder: Eat your heart out, coronavirus

Holding a news meeting in the pouring rain isn’t the worst thing in the world, Amy Calder writes.
Published
June 12, 2020

Woman drives vehicle into Aubuchon Hardware in Waterville

A 71-year-old Oakland woman drove a 2017 Nissan Rogue into the Aubuchon Hardware building on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville Friday morning.