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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PublishedNovember 5, 2022
A moribund old mill to get a $15 million facelift, and brewery, adding another spark to Skowhegan
The 80,000-square-foot former Solon Manufacturing mill on the island downtown is undergoing a two-year remodel that will have Bigelow Brewing Co. anchor the ground floor, with apartments and a hotel filling out the space.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
Man triggered vehicle collisions, an overnight search before he’s found in Skowhegan horse stall, police say
Matthew Woodcock, 27, is facing several charges following a series of events that began Thursday when authorities say he fled from a state trooper trying to make a traffic stop.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
Reporting Aside: With housing out of reach, woman asks, ‘Just let me prove myself’
The rental assistance Beth Gordon was receiving was pulled a few weeks ago and she now lives in a pop-up camper in Fairfield with her two children, but she remains determined to find the opportunity that will bring a better path.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
Annual Festival of Trees to open later this month in Waterville
The Alfond Youth & Community Center is set to host the festival, which is to run over two long weekends and benefit nonprofits that provide aid to those contending with food insecurity and agencies developing workforce readiness programs.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
Waterville council meeting canceled for lack of quorum
The City Council was supposed to hold a public hearing on a plan to free up more parking for the Waterville Public Library by turning a portion of Appleton Street from two-way traffic to one-way.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2022
Waterville City Council expected to vote on library parking plan
The public can offer input prior to Tuesday’s City Council meeting on a plan to give the Waterville Public Library 19 designated parking spaces by changing part of Appleton Street to one-way traffic from Elm Street to the Colby College dormitory on The Concourse.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2022
Two-way traffic change in downtown Waterville delayed 2 weeks
Drainage issues that need to be rectified at two downtown intersections are the primary cause for postponing the change to two-way traffic on Main and Front streets, according to city officials.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2022
Man arrested at Fairfield truck had shot at ex-girlfriend inside vehicle, police say
Steven Pratt, 39, is in jail and faces multiple domestic violence and assault charges after allegedly firing a gun into the vehicle of his ex-girlfriend and her friend on China Road in Winslow a week ago.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2022
Reporting Aside: Who needs Halloween when we have the nightly news?
People used to watch horror movies to get frightened, but now all they need do is watch national news broadcasts, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
Fairfield firefighters’ union, town officials clash over paycheck deduction
Teamsters Local Union No. 340, representing eight Fairfield firefighters, says the town deducted money from their paychecks following a dispute over federal American Rescue Plan Act money.
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