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
June 16, 2013

Madison woman goes the extra miles for schoolchildren

Linda Theberge, 47, of Madison, has logged more than 300,000 miles driving Madison-area children to Mount Merici Academy in Waterville over the last 25 years.
Published
June 15, 2013

New Waterville police station to open in early July

Waterville police and their staff plan to move into their new $3.4 million, 12,000-square-foot brick station on Colby Street the first week in July.
Published
June 14, 2013

Wandering Fairfield toddlers’ parents charged with child endangerment

Christopher Whitten-Drummond, 30, Michael Stewart, and Cayann Vigue, 28, all of Fairfield, face criminal charges after their young children were found wandering the city unattended in recent days.
Published
June 12, 2013

Waterville Mayor Karen Heck won’t seek re-election

Waterville Mayor Karen Heck announced she will not seek re-election following the end of her term next year.
Published
June 12, 2013

Waterville council considers budget cutbacks in light of decreased state revenue sharing

Waterville City Councilors debated trimming its proposed $37.7 million budget in reaction to the likelihood the city will lose state revenue sharing.
Published
June 11, 2013

Waterville, Winslow, Vassalboro voters stamp AOS 92 budgets

Waterville, Winslow and Vassalboro voters on Tuesday approved their respective Alternative Organizational Structure 92 budgets for 2013-14.
Published
June 11, 2013

Waterville council approves new recycling operator

Waterville residents will be able to recycle items such as paper, plastic, cans and glass starting July 1 at Shredding on Site at 46 Armory Road.
Published
June 11, 2013

Waterville councilors agree to contract with new recycler

Waterville residents will be able to recycle items such as paper, plastic, cans and glass starting July 1 at Shredding on Site at 46 Armory Road.
Published
June 10, 2013

Late philanthropist Eskelund’s life to be celebrated in Waterville Wednesday

Gov. Paul LePage is expected to attend a celebration of the late philanthropist Kenneth Eskelund’s celebration of life, scheduled for 4-7 p.m. Wednesday on the second floor of the Harold Alfond Library in Waterville.
Published
June 10, 2013

Waterville voters to consider $20.3 million school budget Tuesday

Waterville voters Tuesday will go to the polls to consider approving a proposed $20.3 million school budget for 2013-14.