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
April 25, 2022

Waterville board gets look at $12.9 million plans for new Hall School

The Waterville Board of Education on Monday night heard from engineering and other officials on plans for a 32,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School that will be the new Albert S. Hall School for fourth and fifth graders.
Published
April 25, 2022

Waterville board to consider rezoning request for former Sacred Heart church property

The Waterville Planning Board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider rezoning a former office building on Highwood Street that the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter wants to use for apartments.
Published
April 25, 2022

Retired Winslow firefighter, paper mill worker to receive top chamber award

Edson R. Small Jr. to receive the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 Distinguished Community Service Award at the chamber’s 59th annual awards banquet Thursday at Enchanted Gables in Oakland.
Published
April 22, 2022

Amy Calder: The joys of life come with expectation

Having the ability to experience anticipation, no matter how small or simple the wish or want, should be something everyone regularly enjoys, Amy Calder writes.
Published
April 21, 2022

Take it slow, drivers: Work crews abound as downtown Waterville road work continues

Some of the most visible work happening this week as part of the $11.92 million project is near the police station at Colby and Fronts streets, and on Main Street, near Post Office Square, where workers are replacing the road.
Published
April 20, 2022

MRC seeks support from member towns to restart Hampden waste-to-energy plant

If the Municipal Review Committee ends up purchasing the plant, it would look to secure $20 million for operational needs, with MRC municipalities either co-signing on the loan or possibly becoming investors by loaning cash to the MRC.
Published
April 19, 2022

Waterville council votes to buy $343,496 ambulance and equipment

The City Council decided Tuesday to purchase the new ambulance because of the growing need for transportation and medical services.
Published
April 19, 2022

Thousands lose power as storm brings snow, rain, winds to Maine

Central Maine Power Co. reported more than 2,700 customers were without power at one point Tuesday in Kennebec, Somerset and Franklin counties.
Published
April 18, 2022

State workers clean up diesel fuel spill following collision in Clinton

Clinton police Chief Rusty Bell says a 70-gallon fuel tank on a dump truck was pierced when a car ran a stop sign and hit the truck, causing diesel fuel to spill along the road.
Published
April 18, 2022

Waterville City Council expected to finalize $343,496 ambulance purchase

City councilors are scheduled to meet Tuesday to consider taking $250,000 from a Fire Department reserve account and another $90,000 from the city’s general fund to buy a new ambulance.