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.

Latest

Published
March 7, 2018

Student-led walkout set for Wednesday at Waterville senior and junior high schools

Waterville Board of Education gets a heads-up on nature of walkout but chooses not to vote on it.
Published
March 7, 2018

Friends remember Vaughan Orchard, homeless man who roamed downtown Waterville

“He was a gentle soul and he helped all the other homeless,” said Betty Palmer, executive director of Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter.
Published
March 5, 2018

Waterville board to consider allowing student walkout March 14

A school assembly after the walkout would serve as a ‘teachable moment,’ Superintendent Eric Haley said.
Published
March 5, 2018

Controversy erupts over Waterville councilor’s email about candidate for Ward 5 seat

School board member Julian Payne wants to be appointed but says another councilor is pushing to prevent that.
Published
March 5, 2018

Amy Calder: March, the month we leave winter behind and embrace the spring

While the last vestiges of winter hang on, it’s always good to look ahead to the light and warmth of lengthening days, writes Amy Calder.
Published
March 4, 2018

Democrats caucus across Kennebec County and elsewhere in state

Attendees heard from candidates, surrogates, and elected committee members and convention delegates.
Published
March 3, 2018

Art, film center envisioned for The Center in downtown Waterville

Colby College and Waterville Creates! have raised $8 million toward the $18 million to 20 million project that is expected to add to downtown developments that make the city a destination place.
Published
March 3, 2018

Cornville voters at Town Meeting approve municipal budget of about $500,000

Residents on Friday re-elected all incumbent candidates, including a selectman, a road commissioner, a town clerk, a tax collector, a treasurer and a school board member.
Published
March 2, 2018

David LaFountain, chief of both Waterville, Winslow fire departments, to retire in June

At 61, he will be leaving firefighting after nearly 40 years of service.
Published
February 27, 2018

LePage’s bill to protect elderly facing tax lien foreclosure stripped

An amendment to the bill simplifies the language, but drops the age 65 provision, language defining the selling price, and the provision that what remains after taxes and fees goes to the homeowner.