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
July 8, 2019

Work starts this week on new $26 million hotel in downtown Waterville

Heavy equipment for blasting and demolition work was moved Monday onto the site of the future Lockwood Hotel on Main Street.
Published
July 8, 2019

Waterville hotel abutters, neighbors hear from construction officials

Blasting of ledge is expected to start Thursday on the site of a future $26 million hotel on Main Street being built downtown by Colby College.
Published
July 8, 2019

Waterville council faces final vote on proposed $42.7 million municipal, school budget

Councilors also will consider taking a first vote to borrow $5.5 million for capital projects that include library improvements as well as for fire, police, public works, and parks and recreation needs.
Published
July 1, 2019

Amy Calder: Reassessing our beliefs, as July 4 nears

Amy Calder asks those with hard-held views on immigration to consider from whence they came, as the U.S. is about to celebrate the anniversary of its independence from Britain.
Published
June 30, 2019

Waterville council to consider proposed $42.8 million city, school budget

The council on Tuesday also will consider selling city-owned property on Airport Road.
Published
June 28, 2019

Waterville board again to consider plans for Lockwood Hotel downtown

The Waterville Planning Board on Monday will consider final plans for a $26 million hotel, as well as redevelopment of two mill buildings on Water Street, expansion of a financial firm on Silver Street, and a public boat dock and path.
Published
June 28, 2019

Life-size, sand-cast ornamental deer trio stolen from Skowhegan lawn

Dominick and Louise Rinaldi, who are in their 70s, are devastated by the theft of the deer and hope the public will help police find those responsible.
Published
June 26, 2019

Waterville’s $7.37 million downtown redesign project open house draws crowd

At least 100 people attended the first hour of the two-hour event, which gave them a chance to ask questions about and comment on plans to convert traffic on Main and Front streets two-way and other changes.
Published
June 25, 2019

State investigators probe Pittsfield, Palmyra fires

The fires occurred a week and 8 miles apart on U.S. Route 2 and destroyed unoccupied buildings.
Published
June 25, 2019

Corinna fire destroys barn, equipment

A fire that tore through a cow barn early Tuesday at 514 Corinna Center Road destroyed tractors, a skid steer, a hay baler and other equipment, according to Corinna Fire Chief Allen Emerson.