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
March 22, 2017

Waterville parking panel seeks solutions to dormitory’s displacement of 90 Concourse spaces

Suggestions include imposing a time limit on more spaces and arranging shuttle trips to and from more far-flung parking options.
Published
March 22, 2017

‘Public education is in trouble,’ Waterville school superintendent says at budget forum

Funding cuts in Waterville schools and an expectation that employees work overtime and double time are ‘burning our staff up,’ Eric Haley told a crowd of about 150 people.
Published
March 21, 2017

Waterville council postpones vote on leasing parking space to Colby

Colby College officials need more time to “investigate their options for the property,” according to City Manager Michael Roy.
Published
March 21, 2017

Construction fence coming soon for Colby dorm project in downtown Waterville

Property abutters learned Tuesday that equipment will start arriving on site within two weeks as a $25 million Colby College residential complex is built on The Concourse.
Published
March 20, 2017

Waterville officials, residents, debate budget, possible tax rate increase

Rising costs, less money coming in, changes in state funding point to tax hike residents don’t want.
Published
March 19, 2017

Waterville to consider leasing public parking spaces for planned hotel

The City Council on Tuesday will consider leasing 42 of 60 spaces in a city-owned Front Street lot to Colby College for its planned boutique hotel on Main Street downtown.
Published
March 17, 2017

MaineGeneral imaging, laboratory services to move from FirstPark to Thayer

Orthopaedic and related X-ray services will remain at 107 FirstPark Drive, but MaineGeneral Health’s imaging and laboratory services are moving to the Thayer Center for Health on North Street in Waterville.
Published
March 16, 2017

Waterville technical school students, staff learn to ‘stop the bleeding’ from Homeland Security expert

Paul Brooks, EMS program manager for the U.S. Office of Health Affairs, stressed the need for people who are not medical workers help stop bleeding to prevent people from dying.
Published
March 15, 2017

Waterville parking study group eyes parking space potential downtown

The committee examining a recent traffic study met Wednesday for its second gathering, examining data on how many more parking spaces would be needed with more occupied buildings.
Published
March 14, 2017

Waterville school superintendent calls this year’s budget scenario ‘deep and dark’

The proposed 2017-18 school budget is currently at $22.4 million, which would be a 6 percent increase, or $1.3 million, above this school year’s $21.1 million budget.