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 3, 2015

Waterville mayor, council recognize firefighter for his work at I-95 crash scene

Allen Nygren performed triage at the massive pileup, calling ambulances for those who needed help and comforting victims.
Published
March 3, 2015

Waterville’s troubled Levine’s building called dangerous

The city’s code enforcement officer said the onetime landmark is “decrepit” and “rotten,” but the owner from Connecticut rejects the claims.
Published
March 2, 2015

Waterville firefighter to be recognized for efforts at I-95 crash

Allen Nygren, who helped at the scene last week, will be honored by the City Council.
Published
February 26, 2015

Waterville firefighter was in right place, right time in I-95 pileup

Allen Nygen did triage at the 75-car I-95 crash and says ‘God’s hand was on everybody.’
Published
February 25, 2015

Waterville sewer odor investigated

A low pressure weather system may have forced the gas out through manholes.
Published
February 25, 2015

‘Everything was just crashing and crashing and crashing’ as 75-car pileup injures 17 on Maine interstate

The accident on snowy I-95 west of Bangor leaves a ‘giant pile of metal’ in the road and authorities shocked that no one was killed.
Published
February 24, 2015

Waterville fire victims from ‘a family of firefighters’

A woman whose home was destroyed in the apartment house fire said one of a few mementos saved from the blaze was a photo of her father in his full-dress firefighter uniform — a picture she didn’t know she had.
Published
February 23, 2015

Waterville’s delayed WinterFest is a go

The event at Green Street Park was rescheduled from earlier in the month, when frigid temperatures forced a postponement.
Published
February 23, 2015

Waterville fire destroys South End apartment house

Twelve people were left homeless in the wind-driven fire on Paris Street.
Published
February 20, 2015

Frost is ‘a bad one’ for central Maine waterpipes

Waterville area water district finding more burst pipes as a deep frost plays havoc with the water distribution system.