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
September 9, 2016

Demolition of Colby College-owned buildings starts in downtown Waterville

The first to go as part of downtown revitalization efforts is the former Elks building on Appleton Street, where a parking lot is planned.
Published
September 7, 2016

Waterville school board questions goals of budget task force

Superintendent said his impression is that task force advocates think the school and municipal budgets contain ‘more fat than they should.’
Published
September 7, 2016

Waterville council approves tax district, plan for senior housing project at former convent

The Merici Woods Redevelopment, involving 28 units for seniors, still needs to win state housing approval.
Published
September 6, 2016

Residents question Waterville’s conflict of interest provisions

Two speakers draw attention to the perception of councilors voting for a city budget that may benefit themselves or others close to them.
Published
September 6, 2016

Waterville man charged with hammer attack to appear in court in December

Waterville police said they continue to investigate the drug angle of the attack, which was reportedly triggered by a dispute over cocaine being diluted.
Published
September 4, 2016

Waterville City Council to consider forming citizens’ budget task force

The move, to be considered at Tuesday’s meeting, comes after a prolonged battle over the city’s 2016-17 budget.
Published
September 2, 2016

Drug dispute triggered Waterville hammer attack, police say

Zachary S. Larrabee, 31, of College Avenue, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and criminal threatening in the attack that closed down Union Street Thursday and spurred a heavy police response.
Published
September 1, 2016

Winslow driver injured after running a red light

The crash at Carter Memorial Drive and Augusta Road injured Bethany Bergeron, police said.
Published
September 1, 2016

Waterville police seek man in Union Street hammer attack

Police said a man, reportedly armed with a gun and a hammer, fled the scene after hitting a man in the head Thursday morning in a Union Street apartment.
Published
August 31, 2016

Waterville Creates! appoints Shannon Haines president, CEO

Haines has led the Maine Film Center, the Maine International Film Festival and Waterville Main Street to successes in the city, officials said.