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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PublishedMarch 14, 2022
Building supply company seeks rezoning of former Sacred Heart Church property in Waterville
Ware-Butler Building Supply company proposes to expand the existing office building at the former church and store materials on the adjacent parking lot off Middle Street.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2022
Maine voters to see new district numbers beside candidate names on November ballot
The redistricting process is conducted every 10 years, following the U.S. census, and ensures districts’ populations do not become unbalanced and run afoul of the one-person, one-vote principle.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2022
Amy Calder: Decades after suffering abuse, Waterville man offers a message and a warning
The man, who is on palliative care, tells his story about having been sexually abused as a child in an effort to spread awareness, warn parents to pay attention to their children and let children know it’s OK to tell someone when abuse occurs, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2022
It may take 2 years for Hampden waste-to-energy plant to make profit once it’s up and running again
The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the solid waste interests of several central Maine towns, held a hearing Thursday outlining its efforts to buy the plant for $1.5 million and get it operational again.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
Mercer voters approve $851,119 municipal budget
About 70 people attend annual Town Meeting, approving most of the 42 warrant articles.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
Anson voters support fire truck and rescue boat purchases, hiring two full-time firefighters
Voters approve all 45 warrant articles, including building an ice rink at the Anson Town Office.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2022
St. Albans approves $1.34 million budget at annual Town Meeting
About 40 voters turned out for Saturday’s meeting, approving all 45 warrant articles in an hour and 15 minutes.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2022
Two women injured in Rome snowmobile crash
The women were taken Friday night to MaineGeneral’s Alfond Center for Health in Augusta where they spent the night and one was released Saturday morning.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2022
Amy Calder: A little thank you can go a long way
Volunteers at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Waterville have been making bag lunches for school staff and bus drivers as a way to thank them for their work during the pandemic, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2022
Bridge connecting Waterville and Winslow to remain open during construction
Officials in both communities sought to close the Ticonic Bridge to traffic, in part to speed up the construction timeline, but Maine Department of Transportation says it plans to keep it open to vehicles.
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