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 11, 2019

Lewiston student seeking asylum in Maine wins Poetry Out Loud competition

Joao Victor, a senior at Lewiston High School, won the State of Maine 2019 Poetry Out Loud Finals, held Monday at the Waterville Opera House.
Published
March 11, 2019

Amy Calder: Waiting for a second shingles shot

Suffering after her first shingles vaccine and then missing out on the second didn’t deter Amy Calder from trying again, she writes, but this time she hopes that second shot comes through.
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March 7, 2019

Colby College names architect, manager for Waterville’s future downtown hotel-restaurant

The Waterville college plans to start building a 50-room hotel with a restaurant and bar later this year at the south end of Main Street downtown, with an expected opening next year.
Published
March 6, 2019

Waterville High School junior finds her niche in journalism, video production

Kylee Hamm, 17, and her mass media communications instructor, Dave Boardman, gave a presentation Thursday to Waterville city councilors and school board members about the Mid-Maine Technical Center.
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March 6, 2019

Officials investigate dead body found in Palmyra motel

Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and state police arrived at Lovley’s Motel after 9 a.m. Wednesday where a woman who appeared to be distraught was later taken away in an ambulance.
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March 5, 2019

Waterville council moves $10.5 million project forward by voting for TIF district change

The vote to amend the downtown tax district starts the process to renovate 155 and 165 Main St. into a craft brewery, bowling alley, restaurant, offices and apartments.
Published
March 4, 2019

Waterville council to consider amending downtown tax district

Councilors at Tuesday’s meeting also will hear updates from City Manager Michael Roy on plans for The Concourse, Castonguay Square and Head of Falls.
Published
March 4, 2019

Waterville police seize drugs, make arrests in two separate busts over weekend

Police arrested four people at a local hotel Friday and Saturday, seizing fentanyl and crack and handing two 17-year-old girls from out-of-state over to DHHS to be sent home to their parents.
Published
March 4, 2019

First snowfall of March blankets central Maine, causing delays and closures

In the waning days of winter, Monday’s snowfall adds only a few inches to the relatively low seasonal total, officials said.
Published
March 4, 2019

Mercer, Solon hold annual Town Meetings

Area communities provide results of their annual Town Meetings.