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
October 4, 2019

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program offices in Waterville evacuated due to gas odor report

Waterville Fire Department checked four KVCAP buildings and homes in the area on Water Street in the city’s South End but found no problems related to natural gas or propane.
Published
October 3, 2019

Two injured in crash on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville

The crash occurred near the corner of Carver Street and Kennedy Memorial Drive when a sport utility vehicle and small sedan collided, sending the SUV on its roof and the sedan smashing into a sign.
Published
October 1, 2019

Area residents call Waterville mayor out over Columbus proclamation

Mayor Nick Isgro read aloud a proclamation at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, declaring Oct. 14 Columbus Day, which drew criticism from the public, including one woman who asked him to apologize.
Published
September 30, 2019

Waterville mayor draws criticism for proclamation of Oct. 14 as Columbus Day

Mayor Nick Isgro’s proclamation honors Christopher Columbus, who has become a reminder of the oppression and pain endured by the native people of the Caribbean islands, despite recent Maine law marking the state holiday as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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September 30, 2019

Amy Calder: There are a lot of odd, quirky, peculiar road names

Central Maine is home to lots of unusual street and road names, but the town of Skowhegan takes the cake for the most whimsical, columnist Amy Calder writes.
Published
September 29, 2019

Waterville homeless shelter names new executive director

Katie Spencer White, of Brunswick, is the new executive director of the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, succeeding Betty Palmer, who resigned a year ago.
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September 23, 2019

Amy Calder: Living life on his own terms

Gerry Jacques, 86, of Waterville, is a U.S. Navy veteran who built houses all his life and lives alone in retirement.
Published
September 21, 2019

Pesticides are focus of keynote speech at the Common Ground County Fair in Unity

Investigative journalist and author Carey Gillam, who also is research director of U.S. Right to Know, spoke Saturday about pesticides, how they relate to health problems, and how corporations and policy makers continue to focus on profit over health.
Published
September 18, 2019

The 43rd annual Common Ground Country Fair opens Friday

Locally-sourced food, crafts, speakers, workshops and livestock events are among offerings at the three-day fair, which draws about 60,000 visitors annually.
Published
September 18, 2019

Waterville Fire Department gets OK to buy tower truck

Waterville City Councilors approved more than $1 million in fire department purchases, including a fire tower truck, a resurfacing of the fire station floor and repairing masonry at the station.