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
February 25, 2019

St. Albans voters to consider spending up to $910,000 for road paving

Voters on Saturday also will consider making the town clerk position appointed, rather than elected.
Published
February 25, 2019

Amy Calder: Felines make best of friends

While Thurston and Bitsy are very different animals and quarrel sometimes, when push comes to shove, they have each other’s back, Amy Calder writes.
Published
February 22, 2019

Waterville animal shelter raises $220K, close to goal for staying open

Humane Society Waterville Area has raised more than $220,000 of its $250,000 goal set late last year to keep the shelter open and now the new executive director, Lisa Oakes, is starting to talk with larger donors, face-to-face.
Published
February 20, 2019

Some residents cite ability to bring guns to council meetings as reason to change venue

Some Waterville residents, who oppose holding council meetings in the Colby College-owed building downtown, said people can carry handguns in a city-owned building but not at the Colby facility.
Published
February 19, 2019

Waterville council accepts $10,000 from Colby to help with parking enforcement

City Councilors on Tuesday also voted unanimously to increase parking fine amounts from $10 to $25 and the fee for parking illegally in a handicapped space from $50 to $200.
Published
February 19, 2019

Elderly woman struck by car in Waterville Hannaford parking lot

A woman, 86, was pushing her grocery cart to her vehicle when she was struck by a car, after which she was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, according to police.
Published
February 18, 2019

Amy Calder: Baby showers, like time machines, take you back

A baby shower with a handful of guests, good food, entertainment and just the right number of gifts can transport you back to a time when you were seeing the experience for the first time, writes Amy Calder.
Published
February 17, 2019

Waterville council to consider final votes on parking enforcement donation, fines

Councilors on Tuesday also will address a proposal to change the location of council meetings as advocates argue holding them at a Colby-owned property is a conflict of interest that also infringes on their right to bear arms.
Published
February 16, 2019

Treatment of opioid crisis in central Maine gets a boost

While MaineGeneral Health and others have established effective programs to combat the epidemic, health care leaders see new hope in the approaches from Mills’ administration.
Published
February 15, 2019

Morning Sentinel Feb. 15 police log

Waterville area police reports for Feb. 15, 2019.