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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PublishedMarch 30, 2023
Talks continue on another round of improvements to downtown Waterville
The third in a series of meetings for the public to give input on what Waterville needs to further improve the downtown area was held recently at the Spectrum Generations Muskie Community Center.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
Waterville man faces drugs summons after standoff with police at apartment near fire station
Police said they responded Tuesday night to Union Street after neighbors reported hearing what they thought were shots fired inside an apartment, but it turned out the man inside was smashing things with a hammer and was found with methamphetamine.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2023
Waterville Planning Board to send report to City Council explaining rezoning recommendation for former rectory
The memo the Planning Board intends to send to the City Council explains why it recommended allowing the former Sacred Heart Church rectory at 74 Pleasant St. to be rezoned.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2023
Waterville assistant superintendent promoted to lead city schools
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday voted 7-0 to appoint Peter Hallen as the new superintendent.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2023
Waterville Planning Board to again consider rezoning change for former Sacred Heart rectory
The Planning Board must consider Tuesday whether to recommend to the City Council if the rezoning should be allowed so Ware-Butler Building Supply can put business offices at the former Sacred Heart Church rectory on Pleasant Street.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2023
Reporting Aside: Before wrecking ball arrives, Skowhegan school welcomes spring with popular tradition
North Elementary School will be razed to make way for a new building, but on one day this week the community held fast to its bubbles, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2023
Belgrade Village Dam crumbling and needs $100,000 fix
The residents of towns that are part of an interlocal agreement to maintain and operate the Belgrade Village Dam and two others are being asked at annual town meetings this year to increase their funding by 188% to help fund the repair.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Waterville City Council approves housing rental registration ordinance
Councilors met Tuesday to OK the ordinance, which officials say is necessary to ensure rental properties are safe for tenants, and also signed off on a $200,000 grant for the demolition of buildings at the intersection of Front and Temple streets downtown.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Police: Woman charged with driving under influence of drugs following Waterville crash
Rebecca Mceachern-Gorman, 29, faces charges after police said she crashed a car into a utility pole on Main Street.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
Two arrested in Skowhegan traffic stop that nets 200 unlicensed marijuana plants in trailer
Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.
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