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
July 22, 2016

Waterville won’t postpone revaluation and won’t make money from it, officials say

The revaluation, which is one reason some residents’ tax bills are going up, is the first in 24 years and more evenly spreads the tax burden among property owners, city officials said Friday.
Published
July 22, 2016

Waterville planners to review Seton, Mount Merici convent developments

The board Monday will also consider a final plan by Colby College to build three new athletic fields near the Alfond athletic center.
Published
July 22, 2016

Police identify suspect in Waterville cemetery arson fires

An officer will investigate after fires were set in St. Francis and Pine Grove cemeteries in the city’s South End Wednesday, and an arrest could result in a Class A felony charge, the deputy police chief said.
Published
July 21, 2016

Two Waterville cemetery fires believed to have been set

Police are looking for someone firefighters think set a brush fire Thursday afternoon in St. Francis Cemetery and another in adjacent Pine Grove Cemetery, both in the South End.
Published
July 20, 2016

Four buildings owned by Colby to be torn down as part of downtown Waterville revitalization

The former Levine’s building and those across Main Street from it will be razed by fall, and the Hains building will undergo major renovation.
Published
July 20, 2016

Waterville woman charged with stabbing Moor Street neighbor

Three others were charged in a separate, but related, assault at the same South End address in Waterville Tuesday night, police said.
Published
July 17, 2016

Waterville council to consider overriding mayor’s veto of $38 million budget

Councilors say they feel pressure to cut the budget more after some constituents see tax bills skyrocket from a citywide property revaluation.
Published
July 14, 2016

Gabriel Byrne to receive top MIFF award Friday in Waterville

The actor, who will receive the Maine International Film Festival Mid-Life Achievement Award, speaks about his roles in films including ‘The Usual Suspects’ and ‘Louder than Bombs,” both screening at the festival, as well as the power of film.
Published
July 13, 2016

Vassalboro chicken coop destroyed by fire

A heat lamp might have caused a fire that destroyed the small barn housing baby chickens on South Stanley Hill Road, the fire chief said.
Published
July 12, 2016

Waterville woman, foster dog share heartfelt bond

Samantha Fields was going to take a break from fostering, but Addie from the Humane Society Waterville Area changed her mind. Now as both battle similar heart conditions, an outpouring from strangers will keep Addie alive.