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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PublishedAugust 19, 2022
As housing crunch persists, central Maine leaders chip away at problem one project at a time
Several efforts are underway in Augusta and Waterville to provide more affordable housing options, but until then the two cities together are short of such housing by more than 1,800 units.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Miniature horse show dazzles spectators at Skowhegan State Fair
About 20 miniature horses from across Maine compete Sunday.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2022
Field rocks with music, food, games at Woofstock fundraiser for Humane Society Waterville Area
The event was held Saturday in a big field next to the animal shelter at 100 Webb Road.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2022
First Waterville downtown ‘visioning’ session set for Tuesday
The public is invited to attend the session to hear an overview of the project, including the territory it will cover.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2022
Lockwood Hotel, the first hotel to open in downtown Waterville in more than a century, prepares for launch
The $26 million hotel built by Colby College has been housing students for the last two years because of the pandemic, but is now ready to receive guests.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2022
Reporting Aside: After Waterville native dies alone, coroner tries to piece together his past
Robert Kelley, 77, born in Waterville, was found dead Monday in a hotel room in rural North Dakota and the county coroner there has been unable to find any family to claim his remains, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2022
Municipal Review Committee completes purchase of Hampden recycling, waste-to-energy plant
The MRC announced the $1.5 million purchase Wednesday and intends to reopen the plant in nine to 12 months after it establishes a partnership with a financial firm.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2022
Waterville Republicans fail to meet caucus notice deadline
Four people turned out Tuesday for the Waterville Republican Committee caucus to choose candidates, but City Clerk Patti Dubois says the committee had missed the deadline to put a notice in the newspaper to alert voters it was happening.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2022
Waterville Planning Board approves multifamily housing plan along College Avenue
Arcon Realty is expected to begin building a 23-unit multifamily complex this fall at the site of the former John Martin’s Manor restaurant.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2022
Waterville Democrats nominate candidates for council, school board, Kennebec Water District
The Waterville Democratic Committee caucus was held Monday and will be followed this week by a caucus held by the Waterville Republican Committee.
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