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
February 6, 2023

Severe cold causes water main breaks, frozen pipes

The Kennebec Water District received four reports of water main breaks in Waterville and Winslow on Saturday and all have been repaired, according to superintendent Roger Crouse, who said it is “extremely rare” to have four breaks in one day.
Published
February 3, 2023

Heat gun that was left on cited as source of fire at Gifford’s ice cream in Skowhegan

The heat gun was left atop a pallet of combustible materials inside a walk-in freezer, leading to the fire Thursday that damaged offices and a production area at Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream, according to Skowhegan fire Chief Ronnie Rodriguez.
Published
February 3, 2023

Reporting Aside: If there’s any lesson you fall for it’s this — beware the wretched ice

Wearing proper foot gear this time of year can mean the difference between a safe trek to the mailbox and a painful ride to the hospital, Amy Calder writes.
Published
February 2, 2023

Fire damages Gifford’s ice cream production facility in Skowhegan

A company official said the fire began Thursday morning in a processing area where milk and cream are mixed for the company’s well-known ice cream.
Published
February 1, 2023

Fire damages biomass plant at Colby College in Waterville

The fire early Wednesday is believed to have started when smoldering wood ash ignited wood chips on a conveyor belt in the plant, according to Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler.
Published
January 31, 2023

Police investigate burglary at Waterville business under renovation

Workers were renovating a building at 72 Armory Road for the new SweetFrog location, when someone stole power tools last week from inside the building.
Published
January 31, 2023

Downtown Waterville’s revamped traffic design has merchants looking at brighter days ahead

Business owners have largely praised downtown improvements and the new two-way traffic pattern, but city officials say some tweaks may be in order for the intersection adjacent to the Ticonic Bridge.
Published
January 27, 2023

Reporting Aside: Space shuttle tragedy continues to reverberate 37 years later

Christa McAuliffe was 37 and a popular teacher from New Hampshire when she and six others died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, Amy Calder writes.
Published
January 26, 2023

Snow followed by rain tamps down snowfall totals in central Maine

The most recent storm to move into the region left about 6 inches of snow in places such as Jackman and Manchester, but when people got up Thursday morning the totals had diminished due to the following rain.
Published
January 25, 2023

Project planned for downtown Waterville would provide more than 60 housing units

As part of the plan, buildings at the corner of Temple and Front streets, as well as a former office building at the corner of Appleton and Front, would be razed and two buildings initially constructed in their place.