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 15, 2022

Ulta Beauty to open store in Waterville plaza

A spokeswoman for Ulta Beauty said the store is in the early stages of planning but is scheduled to open later this year.
Published
April 15, 2022

Amy Calder: As grip of addiction loosens, search begins for a home

One of three homeless men sitting this week on the riverbank in Waterville said being without a home in summer is OK, but in winter ‘it’s rough and it’s cold,’ Amy Calder writes.
Published
April 14, 2022

Two more die from injuries suffered in Montville house explosion, bringing blast’s death toll to three

One man died in the blast Wednesday at the house on Darci Lane, and two men who were outside at the time died later of their injuries, according to officials.
Published
April 12, 2022

COVID-19 put need for full-time fire department on the fast track, Oakland chief says

The town is seeking to change from a part-time volunteer department to a full-time one, at a cost of nearly $470,000.
Published
April 11, 2022

Principals say teacher burnout prompts staffing shortages in Waterville

Waterville Senior High School Principal Brian Laramee tells the city’s Board of Education that on any given day, 10 to 16 staff members can be out of the building.
Published
April 11, 2022

European pastry, local jam and honey to be offered at new Waterville cafe and market

Tanya McCarthy, owner of Wild Clover Cafe & Market, says the downtown revitalization effort was a factor in her deciding to open in Waterville.
Published
April 8, 2022

State police shooting of Thorndike man in 2019 found to be justified

Trooper Thomas Bureau II reasonably believed Eric Fitzpatrick, then 33, was about to use unlawful deadly force against him when he shot Fitzpatrick in 2019, the state Attorney General’s Office determined.
Published
April 8, 2022

Aroma Joe’s coffee and sandwich shop to open on Bay Street in Winslow

The business will open sometime in July or August and will replace a Dunkin’ Donuts that closed in 2016 and moved into a new location farther down Bay Street.
Published
April 8, 2022

Amy Calder: A hot meal brings fellowship and a sense that ‘there’s still good in the world’

Stone Soup Cafe, a free, sit-down meal program in Winslow operated by Starfish Village, feeds not only the stomach but also the spirit, Amy Calder writes.
Published
April 7, 2022

Waterville treats more than 1,000 trees for browntail moths

City Councilor Thomas Klepach tells council this week trees have been treated with insecticide inserts at parks, recreation areas, schools and other places frequented by the public.