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
March 2, 2022

Waterville holds demonstration on removal of browntail moth nests

Waterville reportedly has more than 500 properties or individual trees in need of treatment for the invasive species, which can cause severe rashes and respiratory problems in humans and destroy trees.
Published
March 2, 2022

Increased construction costs stall Waterville mill redevelopment project

The rising costs on the more than $20 million project have jeopardized the financing needed to transform the former Lockwood Mill into residential and commercial space.
Published
February 28, 2022

Waterville Board of Education votes to hire group to help with superintendent search

Maine School Management Association of Augusta to help city with search for successor to Eric Haley, who plans to retire this year.
Published
February 28, 2022

Waterville council to consider several rezoning requests

The City Council on Tuesday will review the rezoning proposals for land off College Avenue and North Street.
Published
February 27, 2022

Browntail moth workshop set for Wednesday in Waterville

City Councilor Thomas Klepach, D-Ward 3, to demonstrate how to remove browntail moth nests from trees and dispose of them properly, at workshop outside the Waterville Public Library.
Published
February 25, 2022

Waterville Police Department gets first K-9 in more than 30 years

Police Officer Ryan Dinsmore, the department’s canine officer, named the dog Riggs, and the pair will take a 14-week training course at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy starting next month and be ready for service in June.
Published
February 25, 2022

Amy Calder: Wishing away the virus won’t make it so

Now, as the omicron variant of the coronavirus seems to be waning, is the worst time to shed our masks, Amy Calder writes.
Published
February 24, 2022

Men escape after utility terrain vehicle hits thin ice, sinks into China Lake, official says

Thomas Colwell, the driver, suffered a small cut to his forehead in the accident, which occurred after he and Christopher Colwell, 37, were riding near thin ice off Fire Road 61.
Published
February 23, 2022

Waterville Planning Board approves Colby College residence hall project, considers school addition plan

The four 10,000-square-foot modular dormitory buildings are to be built to the east of Johnson Pond on the Colby campus, house 200 students and include apartments for faculty members.
Published
February 23, 2022

Fire destroys St. Albans garage and apartment, but firefighters save nearby house

Firefighters from nine communities battle blaze Wednesday at garage and newly renovated apartment on second floor at 146 Bigelow Road.