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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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
Waterville City Council OKs community paramedicine pilot project
The council is moving to accept a $100,000 state grant to help fund a program that would provide some health care services to people who live on the streets, have a substance abuse disorder or other problems.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2023
Oakland Town Manager Ella Bowman hired as Winslow’s top administrator
After a heated public comment section and a brief executive session Monday night, the Winslow Town Council hired Oakland Town Manager Ella Bowman as the town’s top administrator.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2023
Reporting Aside: Waterville seniors seek youthful competition in chess matches
The Waterville Chess Club and Spectrum Generations invite people of all ages to play chess at Spectrum’s Muskie Community Center in Waterville and at other venues as well, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2023
Waterville Planning Board gets first look at plans for 2 housing projects
Members of the board said Tuesday night the 43 proposed apartments in the downtown area and South End are much needed.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2023
Fire damages Oakland home, displacing 5 people
Chief David Coughlin of the Oakland Fire Department said Monday the house at 10 Ten Lots Road sustained significant damage to the second floor.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2023
Waterville Planning Board to consider 2 plans that would provide 43 apartments
The larger project is a 37-unit apartment complex proposed by KVCAP in the city’s South End, while the second one seeks to build six downtown units on Main Street.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
Waterville City Council to move meetings to new location next month
The city is renovating a building at the corner of Front and Temple streets and leasing it monthly, with an option to buy within three years.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2023
Reporting Aside: Homeless veteran, described as invaluable volunteer, suffers setback after Waterville tumble
Ryan Sirois, 39, was leaving the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen, where he’s seen as vital to its operations, when he sustained serious injuries after falling from his bicycle, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2023
Three men charged with assaulting officers after Waterville traffic stop
Bruce Obert, Jeffrey Obert and Steven Kirkwood, all of Norridgewock, assaulted two Waterville police officers during a confrontation early Wednesday, according to Waterville police Maj. Jason Longley.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2023
Hundreds ride passenger trains to Common Ground Country Fair
The Belfast and Moosehead Lake railroad runs two trains to and from the fair, one from Thorndike and the other from Unity.
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