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.

Latest

Published
May 19, 2020

Waterville council delays request for additional $1 million for downtown work

Former city engineer Nick Champagne wrote an email to councilors and Mayor Nick Isgro, opposing the request for more funding for the BUILD project and making claims that City Manager Michael Roy says are false or require clarification.
Published
May 19, 2020

Norridgewock man, 37, charged with gross sexual assault of child

Corey Walter, 37, allegedly assaulted the youth in late January or early February, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
Published
May 18, 2020

Several Waterville restaurants reopen Monday, others plan on Wednesday

Some restaurants, including Joseph’s Fireside Steakhouse, decided not to re-open now and will wait and see how things shake out.
Published
May 15, 2020

Two injured, vehicles destroyed in head-on Skowhegan crash

Two men were treated for minor injuries and released from the hospital Friday after the vehicles they were driving on U.S. Route 201 collided, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
Published
May 15, 2020

Cedar Ridge in Skowhegan reports all COVID-19 test results are negative

The nursing rehabilitation and long-term care facility reported Friday that the Norovirus also is gone from the center.
Published
May 15, 2020

Casualties of the pandemic: Waterville area businesses forced to close their doors — permanently

Maine Made & More and Eric’s Restaurant in Waterville and The China Dine-ah in China are among businesses that did not survive the pandemic.
Published
May 15, 2020

Waterville council to eye $1 million request for downtown project

City Manager Michael Roy plans to ask city councilors Tuesday to approve spending $1 million in unexpected costs for the downtown BUILD project.
Published
May 15, 2020

Amy Calder: Living creatively, in a pandemic

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is how to be creative and never give up, writes Amy Calder.
Published
May 13, 2020

Waterville Senior High School graduation will go on, with ingenuity

Central Maine Motors Auto Group owners Chris and Linanne Gaunce are working with school officials to help plan an in-person graduation that is both creative and safe during the pandemic.
Published
May 12, 2020

Waterville City Council rejects sending letter to Mills, but mayor says he will do it anyway

Four of seven councilors opposed signing a letter by Mayor Nick Isgro and Councilor Rick Foss, R-Ward 5, offering to help the governor in allowing more businesses to open safely.