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 7, 2017

Waterville mayor vetoes council vote to take over recycling pickup

The mayor wants the city to take more time to reach a decision even though the contract with the current collector of recyclables runs out at the end of the month.
Published
June 7, 2017

Crews laying down hot top at new I-95 interchange in Waterville

DOT officials say the $4.8 million project’s northbound and southbound on- and offramps will be open for traffic July 7.
Published
June 6, 2017

Waterville council votes to authorize the city to take over curbside recycling collection

The contract with Sullivan’s, of Thorndike, expires June 30.
Published
June 6, 2017

Waterville boy, 11, injured when bicycle crashes into car

The driver and a witness say the car was stopped at the end of a driveway on Western Avenue when the bike struck the car’s left rear tail light.
Published
June 5, 2017

Waterville Planning Board approves final plans for Colby athletic complex

Construction to start on $200 million complex in the summer.
Published
June 4, 2017

Waterville to consider picking up its own recyclables

City’s contract with Sullivan’s Waste Disposal ends June 30 and company says it does not want to continue doing the job.
Published
June 4, 2017

MCI graduates 110 in 148th commencement exercises

1966 alum Norbert W. Young Jr. urges grads to draw on their strong MCI foundation in the future.
Published
June 4, 2017

Rafting company: York man who died in rafting accident may have had health problem

Richard Sanders, 67, of York, died after being ejected from the raft Saturday in West Forks Plantation while on a commercial trip with North Country Rivers.
Published
June 3, 2017

Hikers see bald eagles, other wildlife in Benton, Winslow as part of National Trails Day walk

The Kennebec Messalonskee Trails group hosted a guided hike Saturday along the Kennebec River.
Published
June 3, 2017

Skowhegan police investigating discovery of body in woods

The police chief said the person who died is presumed to be someone who had been reported missing and potentially suicidal, but his department called in state police investigators to help.