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
October 5, 2022

Brickyard Hollow Brewing to open sixth location in Skowhegan

The Yarmouth-based business plans to move into the former Whit’s End Grill and Bar on Madison Avenue and open sometime in December.
Published
October 4, 2022

Two-way traffic change in downtown Waterville to start Nov. 5

City Manager Steve Daly made the announcement Tuesday that in another month Main and Front streets, after years of being one-way, will revert to two-way traffic as the $11.2 million downtown revitalization project draws to a close.
Published
October 4, 2022

81-room hotel planned for Armory Road in Waterville

The Waterville Planning Board later this month is scheduled to review informal plans for a Home2 Suites by Hilton on 2 acres near Main Street and Interstate 95.
Published
October 3, 2022

Waterville council to discuss better ways to connect downtown to riverfront

The City Council plans to hold another public input session Tuesday to discuss what the downtown needs, this time focusing on connecting City Hall, Castonguay Square and the downtown to the riverfront.
Published
September 30, 2022

Reporting Aside: We excel at accumulating stuff, but as we age it becomes less and less important

People and relationships matter more than material things, a truth we appreciate more as the years pass, Amy Calder writes.
Published
September 28, 2022

Mainers with Florida connections monitor Hurricane Ian, stay in touch with family

As the powerful storm makes landfall in Florida, those who live there are holed up at their homes, awaiting the onslaught of wind and water.
Published
September 28, 2022

Two Waterville holiday traditions return this year for in-person celebrations

The popular Parade of Lights and Kringleville have long attracted crowds downtown and a change this year is that the parade will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving and begin at Winslow High School before crossing the Ticonic Bridge into Waterville.
Published
September 27, 2022

Waterville Planning Board debates rules intended to reduce number of vacant buildings in city

The board discussed Tuesday night whether a proposed ordinance would spur redevelopment of vacant buildings or penalize people trying to develop vacant structures by lodging fines against them while a property remains uninhabited.
Published
September 26, 2022

Waterville mayor complains to school board about student safety

Mayor Jay Coelho told the Waterville Board of Education on Monday night that his daughter, a freshman at Waterville Senior High School, was suspended from school a half day after defending herself when attacked by another student in a school bathroom.
Published
September 26, 2022

Waterville man faces charges after firing gun in downtown vehicle, police say

Nathaniel Rector, 27, was arrested early Sunday and charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a Class C offense, and violating conditions of release, a Class E offense, according to police, who said Rector had been arrested earlier Sunday by state police.