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
April 22, 2020

Maine Forest Service rangers help investigate Waterville fire

The Forest Service was called in to help investigate the cause of a fire at 13 Morrill Ave. in Waterville that heavily damaged the building Tuesday and displaced 14 tenants.
Published
April 21, 2020

Waterville City Council ends municipal trash collection at mobile home parks

The council on Tuesday also voted to refer to the Planning Board a request to amend the zoning ordinance to create a new zone called “Solar Farm Zone.”
Published
April 21, 2020

Monday morning fire ravages unoccupied building on Oak Pond Road in Canaan

The Office of State Fire Marshal is investigating the fire at a former pawn shop that drew firefighting crews from nine communities.
Published
April 21, 2020

Fire, smoke damage three-story apartment building in Waterville

Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler said later Tuesday that he is recommending first-floor tenant Aaron Brunelle for a life-saving award because he got tenants out, including three children and a dog on the third floor.
Published
April 20, 2020

Water main replacement begins this week in downtown Waterville

Water mains that are more than 100 years old will be replaced on several streets downtown as part of a $2.7 million project being launched by the Kennebec Water District.
Published
April 20, 2020

Waterville to consider discontinuing trash pick up at mobile home parks

The City Council on Tuesday also plan to consider taking a final vote to approve a municipal partnership agreement with the state to add a left-hand turn from Main Street onto Waterville Commons Drive.
Published
April 17, 2020

Amy Calder: Mainers will persevere through the pandemic

We Mainers are tough and stubborn and will survive this setback, Amy Calder writes
Published
April 16, 2020

Waterville city councilor back in U.S. after stranded in Cape Verde Islands

Councilor Flavia Oliveira, D-Ward 2, is quarantined in Rhode Island for two weeks until she can be tested and return to her home in Waterville where her children await.
Published
April 16, 2020

Hartland fire destroys home, leaving couple homeless

Thomas Braley and his wife had no insurance on the house at 117 Athens Road, which had no smoke detectors inside, according to Hartland fire Chief Charles Gould.
Published
April 15, 2020

Waterville fire department seeks funding for part-time medical director

Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler told city councilors Tuesday that he is seeking $10,000 for a part-time medical director whose responsibilities are filled now by a physician earning $12 an hour.