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
March 10, 2023

Reporting Aside: Finding calm, and a good conversation, around a spinning wheel

Students in a beginning clay class at the Ticonic Gallery + Studio in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville say creating with their hands is therapeutic and satisfying, Amy Calder writes.
Published
March 9, 2023

Police: Waterville man arrested in armed robbery at Goodwill store

Kevin Lee Barr, 43, faces charges of Class A robbery and Class C unlawful possession of fentanyl powder, police said.
Published
March 9, 2023

Police: Waterville man arrested in armed robbery at Goodwill store

Kevin Lee Barr, 43, faces charges of Class A robbery and Class C unlawful possession of fentanyl powder, police said.
Published
March 9, 2023

Fire destroys 3 homes on shore of North Pond in Smithfield

The seasonal homes toward the north end of the pond were destroyed Thursday in a blaze that drew at least three-dozen firefighters from the region.
Published
March 9, 2023

Two men arrested in Waterville following monthslong drug investigation

Acting Waterville police Chief Bill Bonney said the seizure of cocaine, crack, crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin put “a significant dent in the drug trade in our community.”
Published
March 8, 2023

Culvert project on Webb Road in Waterville nears completion as $12.8 million bridge project project progresses

Part of Webb Road to close April 3 for about 18 months to allow the Maine Department of Transportation to replace two bridges on Interstate 95.
Published
March 7, 2023

Waterville council moves toward ‘compromise’ housing rental rules that drop mandatory registration

The proposed ordinance the council voted on Tuesday asks for voluntary compliance from property owners to register their buildings with the city, whereas the original proposal would have required them to register or be penalized.
Published
March 6, 2023

Waterville considers expanding its 911 dispatch operation

The Police Department is looking to enlarge its dispatch center following the decision by Somerset County to stop taking 911 calls for 16 communities in Kennebec County, citing staffing challenges.
Published
March 3, 2023

Smithfield man arrested after pointing firearm toward sheriff’s deputy and detective

Somerset County sheriff’s officials went to the home of Barry Wheaton, 58, to arrest him on a warrant from another county when he refused to come out and then pointed the gun toward them, according to Chief Deputy Michael Mitchell.
Published
March 3, 2023

Three charged after search of Pittsfield home yields illicit drugs

Brett Johnson, Dawn Smith and Felicia Willard are scheduled to appear in court July 5 on drug-related charges, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.