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
May 20, 2019

Amy Calder: Waterville woman ‘grateful to be alive’

Rebecca Nadeau, 38, lost both legs six months ago to what doctors diagnosed as compartment syndrome, but she is adjusting to her misfortune, looking forward and moving on.
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May 19, 2019

Fairfield junk piles keep growing on US Route 201

Fairfield plans to schedule a meeting with the town attorney and town council to consider next steps for dealing with Robert Dale’s property on Skowhegan Road, according to Fairfield Town Manager Michelle Flewelling.
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May 15, 2019

Woman crashes car into Waterville nursing home

A woman, 69, apparently pressed the gas instead of the brake Wednesday morning, crashing the car she was driving into a metal column at the entryway to Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home on Highwood Street.
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May 15, 2019

Lawyer for Ayla’s father: DiPietro ‘had nothing to do’ with death

The lawyer for Ayla Reynolds’ mother, Trista Reynolds, filed a summons and complaint for wrongful death in the child’s disappearance in 2011.
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May 14, 2019

Waterville council discusses increasing IT service fees to client towns, agencies

At a budget workshop Tuesday night, some councilors said private companies charge more than the city does to provide IT services to other towns and organizations.
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May 14, 2019

Colby students confront mayor over challenge to their voting rights

Maggie White and Noa Gutow-Ellis said before a packed council meeting that they felt alienated and disenfranchised by Mayor Nick Isgro’s questioning of their voting rights and asked him to treat them the same as other city residents.
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May 13, 2019

VFW gears up for Memorial Day parade in Waterville

Daniel Parker, commander of Forest J. Pare Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1285, will march in the Memorial Day parade May 27 and speak afterward at Veterans Memorial Park.
Published
May 13, 2019

Amy Calder: A sweet reunion

Waterville resident Tom Savinelli recalls being reunited with a woman whose life he and three other firefighters helped save 34 years ago in Connecticut when she was a toddler and fell into a swimming pool.
Published
May 12, 2019

Waterville voter challenge cost city nearly $31,000

The cost does not include the time and hours spent by city staff going through thousands of emails requested by those challenging the voter eligibility of Colby College students and faculty.
Published
May 10, 2019

American Legion in Waterville to close lounge, eliminate regular hours

Rising costs and fewer active members are forcing Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post 5 to lay off its two full-time employees at the end of the month.