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
April 5, 2016

Waterville planners OK water district backup generator and transformer

The backups will be installed at the Kennebec Water District’s pumping station off South Street and Western Avenue.
Published
April 4, 2016

Evaluation of Alfond Municipal Pool on Waterville council agenda

City Councilors will also consider renewing the lease for the city-owned golf course Tuesday night.
Published
April 4, 2016

Waterville to discuss fate of seven foreclosed properties

Three of the houses still have tenants, and the city will collect rent as it moves toward selling the highest number of foreclosures in a year in recent memory.
Published
April 4, 2016

Waterville assisted living residence fire was arson

State fire officials have a suspect in the Sunday fire at the Motivational Services Inc. building that was contained to one room and caused minimal damage.
Published
April 1, 2016

Youth-driven Waterville theater troupe manages Studio 93 at The Center

Out & Allied Youth Theatre, under the umbrella of Waterville Creates!, will perform, host learning labs and rent the 60-seat theater at The Center out to other groups.
Published
March 31, 2016

Drawing stolen from Maine Open Juried Art Show at Waterville library

Brian Vigue’s ‘Alive in the Darkness,’ which features a woman holding a gargoyle, was discovered missing Thursday.
Published
March 31, 2016

Turkey vulture trapped in boiler room of former Waterville hospital captured

Animal Control Officer Chris Martinez, Avian Haven official rescue the agitated bird that had flown down the former Seton Hospital’s smokestack and had been trapped for days.
Published
March 30, 2016

Pair of Waterville arson fires still under investigation

Fires on Sunday destroyed a pickup truck and damaged a nearby apartment building where police had to help tenants evacuate.
Published
March 30, 2016

Umbrellas fill tree in Waterville’s Castonguay Square

The Opera House, the city and Waterville Creates! celebrate the city’s arts scene with events including a poetry exhibit, the musical “Mary Poppins” and a public art installation.
Published
March 29, 2016

Councilors debate whether to cut funding to Waterville Main Street

The city gives $40,000 annually to the organization.