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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PublishedDecember 14, 2019
Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Augusta, police say
Dana Banister, of Augusta, was hit by a vehicle at 7:16 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Western Avenue and Sewall Street, according to police.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2019
Phillips-Sandy elected new school board chairperson in Waterville
Joan Phillips-Sandy was elected the new chairperson of the Waterville Board of Education after former Chairperson Sara Sylvester announced her resignation because she moved out of her ward.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2019
Waterville sewer pipe repair project nears completion
Crews on Thursday installed the final length of a 30-inch force sewer pipe on Water Street as part of a two-week project to fix a broken pipe that dumped 34 million gallons of sewage into the Kennebec River.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2019
Waterville commission to organize examination of city’s charter Friday
The 10-member Charter Commission will review and make any needed changes to the City Charter, which is like a local constitution that governs how the city operates.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2019
A 34 million-gallon sewer leak in Waterville highlights infrastructure needs, official says
Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District Superintendent Timothy LeVasseur said Tuesday that 34 million, not 15 million, gallons of sewage flowed into the Kennebec River when a sewer main broke.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
Waterville pipe break dumps 15 million gallons of sewage into Kennebec River
The Nov. 29 break was sparked by the unusual placement of a sewer pipe inside a stormwater pipe on Water Street in the 1970s and then encasing it in concrete.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
Amy Calder: An extraordinary Christmas gift
Travis Conway, 40, got a new heart when he was 13 and now has a new kidney, thanks to a former classmate who donated one to a kidney bank so he could receive one that was a match.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
Woman robbed while making night deposit at Waterville bank
A woman making a deposit at Kennebec Savings Bank on Main Street at 7:48 p.m. Thursday reported being grabbed from behind by a white male who took the money bag and ran, according to Waterville Deputy police Chief Bill Bonney.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82
Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Waterville council extends Yardgoods parking permits
Parking issues on The Concourse prompted the council Tuesday to extend for 90 days special permits for people who take knitting classes at Yardgoods Center.
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