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
January 26, 2021

Northern Light Inland Hospital’s vaccination clinics begin in Fairfield

Kennebec Valley Community College was the site Tuesday of Northern Light Inland Hospital’s first vaccination clinic for health care workers and others 70 or older.
Published
January 22, 2021

Waterville and a local land trust awarded $50,000 grant for South End housing

The grant from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wells Fargo for the city and Waterville Community Land Trust was one of only eight awarded to cities around the country that are working to create safe, affordable housing.
Published
January 22, 2021

Former Larsen’s building in Waterville gets ‘top-to-bottom’ renovation and will house nutrition store

Businessman Bill Mitchell is renovating 57 Main St. in downtown Waterville, where Elm City Nutrition is slated to open on the first floor this spring and the upper two floors are large, high-end apartments.
Published
January 22, 2021

Amy Calder: Discovering what really matters

Living in a pandemic has taught us about the things that are important in our lives, Amy Calder writes.
Published
January 21, 2021

DA will review shooting of 2-year-old Waterville boy for potential criminal charges

District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said Waterville police plan to forward information about the shooting of a 2-year-old boy in his home to her office once the investigation is complete, and her office will determine if there is adequate evidence to charge someone.
Published
January 19, 2021

Waterville council postpones final vote on downtown TIF

City Manager Steve Daly said the city is trying to identify what the revenues from a new tax increment financing district may be used for.
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January 19, 2021

Pennsylvania-based company looks to buy Maine waste-to-energy facility

The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the solid waste interests of 115 Maine municipalities, held a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday to announce Delta Thermo Energy Inc. as the prospective buyer for the Hampden plant.
Published
January 18, 2021

Waterville City Council to consider final vote on downtown TIF district

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and be livestreamed from a link at the city’s website.
Published
January 18, 2021

Work to eradicate poverty, racism, militarism, MLK Jr. Day speaker urges at Waterville event

The breakfast recognizing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, usually held at Senior Spectrum’s Muskie Center in Waterville, was held virtually Monday because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Published
January 15, 2021

Waterville Republican Committee chairman says he doesn’t know who posted message downplaying Jan. 6 Capitol siege

Chairman Shaun Caron said he’s still seeking answers about the Facebook message, even after the group’s Facebook page was also taken down.