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
June 28, 2018

Oakland apartment fire sends 1 person to hospital

All tenants were accounted for but the cause of the fire was unknown, fire Chief David Coughlin said at the scene.
Published
June 28, 2018

Smoking while on oxygen cause of Oakland fire

A tenant smoking on oxygen and improper disposal of smoking materials was the cause of a fire that displaced about eight people in Oakland Wednesday.
Published
June 27, 2018

Oakland apartment fire sends 1 person to hospital

All tenants were accounted for but the cause of the fire was unknown, fire Chief David Coughlin said at the scene.
Published
June 26, 2018

Waterville’s finance director responds to mayor’s veto of council-approved $41.9 million budget

The City Council on Tuesday will consider overriding the veto, which would take effect if at least five councilors vote in favor ot it.
Published
June 22, 2018

Waterville volunteer group ramps up Green Street Park renovation efforts

A paved walking path with fitness stations is planned for the South End park located off Water and Sherwin streets.
Published
June 21, 2018

Waterville’s municipal pool to get $762,702 upgrade

Money to pay for the slide pool replacement and other features will come from a $560,000 Harold Alfond Foundation grant and up to $274,000 from a city fund designated specifically for the pool.
Published
June 21, 2018

Waterville mayor vetoes $41.9 million budget, suggests cutting teacher salaries, positions

Nick Isgro also recommends cutting money from the Fire Department and paving budgets, as well as money for fixing the municipal pool.
Published
June 20, 2018

Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro says cutting budget ‘not my job’

City officials and former mayors say the mayor needs to say specifically what he would cut from the $41.9 million budget the council approved unanimously Tuesday but he has said he would veto.
Published
June 19, 2018

Waterville council unanimously approves proposed $41.9 million budget

The budget represents an 8.3 percent tax rate increase, but Mayor Nick Isgro has said he would veto any budget with a tax rate increase of more than 3 percent.
Published
June 18, 2018

Waterville council to consider final vote on proposed $41.9 million budget

Mayor Nick Isgro has threatened to veto the budget if it increases the tax rate more than 3 percent, but has not said how he would cut it.