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 20, 2016

State fire investigators to return to Oakland fire scene Monday

Mobile home destroyed by fire which appears to have started outside.
Published
March 20, 2016

Maine Open Juried Art Show opens with dozens of paintings, wood carvings

Waterville Public Library hosts 26th annual exhibit presented by the Waterville Area Art Society and Waterville Main Street.
Published
March 20, 2016

Wiscasset woman, found dead, may have jumped from her boyfriend’s pickup truck

State police investigating death, which occurred early Sunday in The Forks.
Published
March 19, 2016

State officials probing suspicious fire that destroyed Oakland mobile home

‘It didn’t add up to me,’ Oakland Fire Chief David Coughlin said of the blaze, which apparently started outside the unoccupied home.
Published
March 19, 2016

Albion voters approve $1.03 million municipal budget

Several incumbents were returned to office in the Friday election.
Published
March 17, 2016

Waterville Social Club may close as part of state reconfiguration

The club serves people with mental illnesses and emotional distress.
Published
March 16, 2016

Arianna Huffington to speak at Colby College commencement

The co-founder and editor-in-chief of the liberal news site Huffington Post will also be given an honorary degree at Colby’s commencement.
Published
March 16, 2016

Waterville council awards contract to reconfigure dangerous intersection

The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to award a $204,491 contract to McGee Construction LLC, of West Gardiner, to rebuild the five-way intersection at First Rangeway and Western Avenue.
Published
March 15, 2016

Central Maine high schools set stage for Maine Drama Festival competition

Actors and technical crews from Waterville, Winslow, Lawrence and Maine Central Institute say they are working in theater arts to learn skills, enjoy camaraderie.
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March 15, 2016

Sidney couple turning former John Martin’s Manor into steakhouse, bridal shop

JR and Erika Russell plan to transform the College Avenue building into a steakhouse, banquet facility, bridal business, children’s boutique and consignment shop for high-end furniture, clothing, jewelry and other items.