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
November 18, 2016

Luc Tieman pleads not guilty to murdering his wife in Fairfield

Outside the courthouse, as he was being escorted to a transport van, Tieman said to a reporter ‘God bless our families; God bless Donald Trump.’
Published
November 15, 2016

Waterville Main Street doing comprehensive internal assessment

Organization officials reported on Tuesday to the City Council on its progress since the city funded it.
Published
November 15, 2016

Cornville tree farmer donates 30-foot balsam fir to Waterville

The giant evergreen will be installed at Castonguay Square for the holiday season.
Published
November 14, 2016

Waterville tree festival grows as part of city holiday plans

The Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees, which opens Friday, includes 75 trees, with gifts, to be given away at the Hathaway Creative Center.
Published
November 13, 2016

Waterville City Council to evaluate city manager for contract renewal

Michael Roy’s five-year contract is set to expire Dec. 31, and he hopes councilors grant him another three years in the job he has held since 2004.
Published
November 12, 2016

Former Levine’s demolition project to wrap up Monday in Waterville

As demolition wraps up on a key building, a public meeting on a downtown traffic study is set for Dec. 5 as downtown revitalization efforts continue.
Published
November 11, 2016

Waterville main break cuts water supply to Quarry Road

Workers from the Kennebec Water District are on scene, where an excavator dug a large hole at the entrance to Quarry Road as they worked to fix the break.
Published
November 9, 2016

Election of Lessing, Champagne changes dynamics of Waterville City Council

Mayor Nick Isgro says the addition of another Republican councilor will provide ‘more balance’ to council discussions.
Published
November 8, 2016

Lessing, Champagne, elected to Waterville City Council

Voters on Tuesday elected two new city councilors — Lauren Lessing and Nicholas Mark Champagne — and re-elected Tiffany Y. Laliberty and Joan Phillips-Sandy to the Waterville Board of Education.
Published
November 8, 2016

Waterville man charged with terrorizing at Social Security building

Ronald Groder, 45, allegedly accosted someone outside the U.S. Social Security Administration building on Colby Street and was aggressive toward police.