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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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Waterville board votes to hire principal, assistant principals for elementary schools, high school
The Waterville Board of Education approved the appointments for the Albert S. Hall School, the George J. Mitchell School and Waterville Senior High School after a 50-minute executive session Monday night.
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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Waterville City Council to consider awarding more than $2 million in road paving contracts
Councilors to hold special meeting Tuesday night on paving projects in the city’s South End.
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PublishedMay 20, 2022
Delta Ambulance to pull out of joint agreement with Waterville
The announcement this week by Delta reflects a fraying relationship between the regional ambulance service and the city, due in part to the staffing challenges created for Delta when the city has hired away its emergency workers.
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PublishedMay 20, 2022
Amy Calder: Opening a door to Waterville’s South End
Colby College seniors Charlie Jodka and Quinn Burke filmed a documentary of Waterville’s South End after becoming fascinated with the neighborhood and its people when they volunteered there during a cleanup day last year, writes Amy Calder.
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PublishedMay 19, 2022
Nine people displaced in Solon building fire
State fire investigators will try to determine what caused the Wednesday fire at the 3-unit building at 90 North Main St.
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PublishedMay 18, 2022
Waterville considers installing cameras along RiverWalk due to vandalism, other illegal activity
Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey pitches a plan to city councilors to buy a camera security system to put at Head of Falls because of vandalism and other illegal activity that City Manager Steve Daly says has caused thousands of dollars in damage.
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PublishedMay 18, 2022
Cornville couple injured in Madison hit-and-run remain hospitalized
Daniel and Sharon Kinney, both 67, were seriously injured Friday when the motorcycle they were riding was struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee that fled the scene before its intoxicated driver was apprehended, sheriff’s department officials have said.
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PublishedMay 17, 2022
Waterville City Council approves rezoning Highwood Street property for housing project
City councilors also approve request by fire Chief Shawn Esler to spend $60,000 on a study to assess the Fire Department’s EMS services, which would help determine whether the department should continue to partner with Delta Ambulance.
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PublishedMay 16, 2022
Cost of Waterville housing project estimated at up to $15 million
The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter held a virtual community discussion Monday about the shelter’s proposal to turn 8 Highwood St. into housing for seniors and adults with disabilities and their families, as well as emergency apartments for homeless people.
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PublishedMay 16, 2022
Waterville City Council slated to take final vote on Highwood Street rezoning
City officials to revisit rezoning request Tuesday by the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, which seeks to develop an abandoned building into apartments for seniors and adults with families, with some emergency units for the homeless.
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