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
July 31, 2015

Waterville apartment fire cause still unknown

The Wednesday fire started in a second-floor apartment and a state fire marshal’s investigator said his office still has more people to talk to before the investigation is complete.
Published
July 30, 2015

More animals seized from Sidney farm

Malnourished, sick goats, calves and a chicken were taken from Mark Gould’s Drummond Avenue farm, which has a history of animal problems.
Published
July 30, 2015

Waterville’s Festival at the Falls might still be alive

Business owner Kevin Joseph has pitched in $1,000 and is urging other businesses to do the same.
Published
July 29, 2015

Cause of Waterville apartment fire under investigation

The 48 Silver St. blaze, battled by about 30 firefighters from Waterville, Winslow and Oakland, started shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday on the second floor.
Published
July 27, 2015

Waterville Ward 1 Democratic caucus organizer says no candidate emerged

The lone resident of the ward, aside from City Council hopefuls Fred Stubbert and Steve Soule, said she didn’t want to be the one to pick.
Published
July 27, 2015

Festival at the Falls off for lack of funding

Waterville city budget cuts included $4,500 that paid for the one-day multi-ethnic event.
Published
July 23, 2015

Waterville parties to caucus to pick council, school board nominees

The Waterville Democratic City Committee caucus will be held Friday, and the Republican City Committee’s caucus is scheduled for Aug. 3.
Published
July 23, 2015

Waterville to study roundabout or circular intersection for downtown spot

The Water, Main and Bridge street intersection change would cost $1 million-plus.
Published
July 23, 2015

Waterville to pick up recycling in off-weeks

The city has reversed course and now will collect recyclables in off-weeks during the year.
Published
July 23, 2015

Waterville police chief warns of new phone scam

A person whose credit card information was stolen as part of a data breach might get a phone call later from a person claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission, the chief said.