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
November 19, 2021

Amy Calder: As winter tightens its grip, homeless pair turns again to a tent for shelter

Ana Zinkovitch, 19, and Kevyn Warren, 28, continue to look for a place to live, but Warren’s modest income isn’t enough to cover rental costs in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Published
November 18, 2021

Waterville council to consider using federal aid for city staff, the homeless and opioid addiction

The city will receive $1.7 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding, and councilors on Monday will hash out how to spend more than $800,000 of it.
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November 17, 2021

Waterville officials continue to wrestle with future of former Sacred Heart Church

The city is considering whether it should buy the church land from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. There’s a proposal to use it for a soup kitchen and homeless shelter, among other ideas.
Published
November 17, 2021

Tensions mount at Waterville council meeting when group challenges mask mandate

Police were called when matters further escalated after the meeting when members of Maine Patriots With Attitude followed a couple outside where one member repeatedly used a vulgar term to insult a woman.
Published
November 15, 2021

Waterville council to discuss purchase, use of former Sacred Heart Church

Among the considerations for the church land between Pleasant Street and Middle Street is using it as a feeding location and overnight shelter for the homeless.
Published
November 14, 2021

Anti-mask mandate group says it will protest outside central Maine school board members’ homes

Nick Blanchard, founder of Maine Patriots With Attitude, wouldn’t say when or where these would take place.
Published
November 13, 2021

Athens woman injured Saturday in single-vehicle Madison crash

Mia J. Braley, 21, was driving south on U.S. Route 201 early Saturday when the car she was driving left the road and rolled over, causing serious injury to her right leg, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Published
November 12, 2021

Amy Calder: New support group offers hope to people with brain injuries

People in central Maine who have suffered a stroke or brain injury are encouraged to talk about their experience with a group that formed this month in Fairfield, Amy Calder writes.
Published
November 11, 2021

Waterville crowd encouraged to make simple gesture: Thank a veteran

Joel Lavenson, 74, of Belgrade, a U.S. Army sergeant who served from 1966 to 1970, described Thursday’s ceremony as ‘wonderful and simple.’
Published
November 10, 2021

KVCAP needs more volunteer drivers to fill important void

Dozens of volunteers shuttle people in Kennebec and Somerset counties to medical and social service appointments. A few dozen more drivers are needed to keep up with demand, KVCAP officials say.