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 10, 2023

South Sudanese sisters, born in Ugandan refugee camp, graduate from Thomas College

Twin sisters Achen and Apiyo Charles, born in a refugee camp in Uganda, graduated Saturday from Thomas College after only three years, and now will pursue master’s degrees as they help their mother, a Portland resident, earn money to support their siblings in both the U.S. and Uganda.
Published
May 9, 2023

Saco city administrator named Waterville city manager

Bryan Kaenrath, 39, is to begin work July 31 as the top administrator in Waterville after the City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to hire him for a five-year term.
Published
May 9, 2023

Waterville board gives preliminary OK to $30.27 million school budget

The Board of Education will take a second, final vote on the budget for 2023-24 after the City Council approves the municipal and school budgets in a few weeks.
Published
May 9, 2023

Waterville to hold bulky waste pickup for first time in 18 years

Waterville Public Works Director Matt Skehan said people must have their items at the curb no later than 7 a.m. May 22 to be guaranteed they are picked up that week.
Published
May 8, 2023

Waterville council expected to name new city manager

The special meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at The Elm at 21 College Ave., with the city manager position the only item on the agenda.
Published
May 5, 2023

Waterville board to eye first vote on proposed $30.27 million school budget

The budget the Board of Education plans to consider Monday represents a $1.8 million increase over the current spending package.
Published
May 5, 2023

Reporting Aside: Inch by inch, row by row, a small group makes community grow

Steven Jones, who owns Fieldstone Gardens in Vassalboro, was joined this week by two of his employees at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville to bring some color to the garden beds, and to the lives of passersby, Amy Calder writes.
Published
May 4, 2023

Plans underway to rebuild after fire destroyed buildings in downtown Waterville

Construction could begin as soon as this fall on a new structure to replace the buildings that housed The Last Unicorn restaurant, which were destroyed by fire April 23.
Published
May 2, 2023

Waterville mayor shuts down man who uses ‘vile language’ about English-language learners

Bruce Poulin peppered city councilors and school officials with questions Tuesday about a plan to hire another teacher for English-language learners.
Published
May 2, 2023

Albion man dies after car strikes pole

The car Michael Gauthier, 68, was driving went off the Unity Road on Friday and struck the pole after he suffered an apparent medical event, according to Kennebec County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Read.