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
August 31, 2016

Fairfield bicyclist recovering after car struck him in Waterville

Joshua Willette, 24, was crossing Kennedy Memorial Drive on his bicycle Saturday night when he was hit by a car at the Cool Street intersection.
Published
August 30, 2016

Waterville politicians who served with LePage critical, but understanding

Before he was governor, Paul LePage was a city councilor and mayor in Waterville, where those who know him say he means well but doesn’t play well with others, is stubborn and can react badly under pressure.
Published
August 29, 2016

Thomas College, Collaborative Consulting forge Waterville training partnership

The college will help train employees as the information technology firm moves toward hiring 200 at its Waterville office in the next five years, a move also designed to help the area’s business community, college and company officials said.
Published
August 19, 2016

Palmyra Wal-Mart standoff ends when man surrenders

The 28-year-old Corinna man, who police said was suicidal, had a gun and was parked at the end of the parking lot near U.S. Route 2, causing a massive police response at Wal-Mart as customers were kept locked inside the store for more than two hours.
Published
August 18, 2016

Brew pub, nightclub eyed for former Ken-A-Set building in downtown Waterville

Massachusetts businessman Mark McLeod is the latest to join the city’s downtown revitalization movement with purchase of the building at 1 College Ave.
Published
August 17, 2016

Waterville council OKs tax district for Merici Woods senior housing project

One more vote is needed to finalize a tax increment financing agreement and related development plan for the former Ursuline Sisters convent off Western Avenue.
Published
August 16, 2016

Waterville council approves $37.6 million municipal, school budget

Councilors rejected a proposal from chairman John O’Donnell to restore $250,000 in school spending, a proposal Mayor Nick Isgro said would prompt him to veto the budget again.
Published
August 15, 2016

Plans for 75-bed residence hall at Thomas College unveiled in Waterville

The Planning Board also is recommending to the City Council that KSW Federal Credit Union property be rezoned.
Published
August 15, 2016

Waterville council to consider $37.6 million municipal, school budget

The proposal, which comes after the original budget was vetoed by Mayor Nick Isgro and an override was repealed, combined with other factors, means a $5 drop in the tax rate.
Published
August 7, 2016

Waterville will try to trim $750,000 from $38 million budget

The City Council will hold a workshop Monday to find enough cuts in the budget to lower the tax rate by $1 or more per $1,000 valuation.