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 22, 2023

Longtime Waterville educator named assistant superintendent of schools

Jennifer Allen, 54, of Winthrop received unanimous support Monday in a vote of the Waterville Board of Education.
Published
May 19, 2023

Reporting Aside: Cafe that’s been a fixture of the Waterville community to close

Jorgensen’s Cafe and Deli owner Theresa Dunn, who has owned the cafe since 2017 and worked for all four of its owners before that, plans to close the business around June 1, Amy Calder writes.
Published
May 17, 2023

Woman dies in single-vehicle crash in Waterville

The mother of a 6-year-old son, Emily Marchesi of Waterville was driving alone Monday night in a 2016 Hyundai on College Avenue, near Cumberland Farms, when the crash occurred, according to police.
Published
May 17, 2023

Officials investigate fire that destroyed Waterville garage

The garage at 100 Silver St. was owned by Kennebec Behavioral Health and used for storage.
Published
May 14, 2023

Thomas College to lease residence hall at Snow Pond Center for Arts in Sidney

With the Waterville college’s dormitories expected to be full this fall, about 28 students will be housed in a residence hall on the Snow Pond Center for the Arts campus on Messalonskee Lake as part of a new partnership.
Published
May 14, 2023

Pittsfield institute students share tasty cuisine from many nations

The international food festival, held at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, featured fare cooked by students, faculty and staff and drew about 200 people Sunday to Parks Gymnasium on the MCI campus.
Published
May 13, 2023

Man shot, suspect flees, several fights break out in downtown Waterville

Police from multiple agencies converged on The Concourse late Friday after a man was shot in the leg and the suspect fled.
Published
May 13, 2023

Longtime Waterville firefighter remains in critical condition after medical event, crash

Mike Folsom, a call fire captain and full-time employee of the city’s public works department, suffered a medical event Thursday and was in a single-vehicle crash on Silver Street.
Published
May 12, 2023

Reporting Aside: Volunteers who give aid to others hope one day they’ll be ‘completely unnecessary’

A small group of people with the Greater Waterville Area Poverty Action Coalition/Poor People’s Campaign staff a table each Friday in Waterville to provide basic necessities to those in need, Amy Calder writes.
Published
May 10, 2023

Planning Board recommends City Council reduce length of parking spaces for downtown Waterville housing project

The board’s recommendation is meant to improve parking access at Head of Falls Village, which is proposed for the intersection of Temple and Front streets.