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
August 19, 2019

Amy Calder: He dreams of walking on his own two feet

After years of working and being self-sufficient, Bob Madore, 58, of Waterville, is injured, immobile and feeling trapped, Amy Calder writes.
Published
August 18, 2019

Adult-use marijuana store request on Waterville agenda

Remington Street Properties LLC is requesting that the Waterville City Council refer to the city’s Planning Board for public hearing and recommendation a request to rezone property at 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive so that an adult-use marijuana store may be opened there.
Published
August 18, 2019

Families, children, get ‘sneak peek’ of Children’s Discovery Museum in Waterville

Those touring the future home of the Children’s Discovery Museum on Thursday viewed space inside the building on Eustis Parkway and got to interact with museum exhibits on the lawn outside.
Published
August 15, 2019

Waterville melee ends with superficial stab wound

Police converged on Veterans Memorial Park Thursday afternoon where an intoxicated man who reportedly threatened a group of people with knives and screwdrivers was taken by ambulance to a hospital, claiming he was injured.
Published
August 14, 2019

Fire destroys workshop buildings in Winslow but firefighters save nearby house

A fire Wednesday afternoon tore through two attached workshop buildings near an old farmhouse at 627 Abbott Road, destroying the buildings, but firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to the house.
Published
August 14, 2019

Identities of victims in Clinton wagon crash released

Clinton police Chief Rusty Bell said two women remained hospitalized Wednesday after the crash Sunday in which a horse-drawn wagon carrying four passengers struck a utility pole, parked car and another utility pole before coming to rest in the street.
Published
August 14, 2019

China Road in Winslow reopens after hydraulic fluid spill prompted closure

Winslow police Chief Shawn O’Leary said Wednesday that about 15 gallons of hydraulic fluid were spilled in the roadway for about 3,900 feet, between South and North Reynolds roads and Pattee Pond Road.
Published
August 13, 2019

Waterville animal shelter bulging with cats

Lisa Oakes, executive director of the Humane Society Waterville Area, says she hopes people will adopt more than 100 cats and kittens Saturday at the Clear the Shelter event.
Published
August 12, 2019

Clinton horse-drawn wagon crash triggered by insect bite, police say

Police Officer Phil DiLuca said that apparently one of the horses was being bitten by an insect and became agitated, shaking its head and breaking its bridle before the two horses tore off down the street with the wagon.
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August 5, 2019

Amy Calder: Dealing with a lot of hot air

Amy Calder reflects on days when air conditioning was scarce and kids in school just suffered in the heat.