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
March 19, 2019

Waterville’s Castonguay Square redesign concept to include walkways, gardens, plaza, green space

Architects working on the park at the heart of the city presented a final concept for the redesign Tuesday night.
Published
March 19, 2019

Judge grants extension for serving father of Ayla Reynolds in wrongful-death suit

Though the deadline for serving Justin DiPietro expired Sunday, a Cumberland County Superior Court justice this week gave the attorney for her mother a 60-day extension so he can file notice via the newspaper.
Published
March 19, 2019

Waterville council votes to certify plastic bag ban results

The bag ban vote challenge has cost the city about $9,500 in legal fees and could cost another $5,000 to $10,000, according to an attorney representing the city solicitor’s office.
Published
March 18, 2019

Car hits ice, crashes into Colby College shuttle bus

The bus, which was traveling up North Street Hill in Waterville near the Colby campus, was empty except for the driver, according to emergency workers at the scene.
Published
March 18, 2019

Castonguay Square final redesign concept to be presented

Architects Tuesday night will detail the community’s vision for how the park downtown next to City Hall could look in the future.
Published
March 18, 2019

Amy Calder: Niece honors aunt who died in Norridgewock domestic violence

Crystal Lancaster Mulherin is raising funds to help those affected by domestic violence, nearly one year after her aunt, Marie Lancaster-Hale, was murdered at her home in Norridgewock.
Published
March 15, 2019

Waterville councilors to consider amending plastic bag ban vote results

Waterville city Solicitor William A. Lee III suggests delaying the plastic bag ban to Sept. 1.
Published
March 14, 2019

Detroit voters to consider hiring deputy town clerk, part-time custodian

In Friday elections, two people are running for a selectman’s seat formerly held by Ethan Kelley, who passed away, and voters will consider filling a seat on the School Administrative District 53 Board of Directors.
Published
March 14, 2019

Burnham voters to elect two selectmen Friday, convene for annual Town Meeting on Saturday

Residents also will elect a town treasurer, highway commissioner, school board member and cemetery committee member in elections to be held 2-7 p.m. Friday at the town hall.
Published
March 14, 2019

Troy voters to consider adopting marijuana, local food ordinances

Voters on Friday will consider re-electing a selectman and Forest Area trustee at the town office, with the business meeting to follow Saturday at Troy Central School.