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 27, 2024
Waterville board recommends zone change to allow construction of ‘solar garden’
Landowner Leo St. Peter still needs to get approval from the City Council for the zone change to build a 725-kilowatt solar farm on Webb Road.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2024
Psychological examination requested for Waterville man arrested by FBI over online threats to kill Biden, immigrants
The lawyer for Benjamin Brown, 45, said he is concerned Brown might not be competent to undergo initial proceedings, stand trial or assist in his defense.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Waterville to launch program to help maintain, replenish neighborhood street trees
A task force is expected to inventory existing trees on streets in city neighborhoods and work to maintain and replenish those that have been lost, including elm trees, which were ravaged in the 1950s and 1960s by Dutch elm disease.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Water District to launch $3.7 million main replacement on Pleasant Street in Waterville
The $3.7 million Kennebec Water District project, to start April 1, also will include replacing water mains on Pleasant Court, Pleasant Place and Center Street, all of which are off Pleasant Street.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Reporting Aside: Skowhegan area ‘can man’ scours roadside for extra cash
Josh Schleier, 34, of East Madison, started collecting returnable cans and bottles from the side of the road when he was 5 and has continued the hobby to this day.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Waterville City Council gives initial OK to funding housing, nonprofit initiatives
Councilors debated for hours Tuesday night about how to distribute American Rescue Plan Act funding, and must take second votes on funding for housing initiatives and outside agencies that requested money.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2024
Waterville council hears complaints about homeless people, gives nod to soup kitchen funding
Businesses around the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen complained to city officials that their employees are afraid of some homeless people loitering in the area and confronting and scaring them.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Waterville man arrested by FBI over online threats suffers from mental illness, family says
Benjamin Brown, 45, was arrested March 11 by the FBI over online threats to gun down President Biden, other politicians and immigrants and is being held pending further appearance in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2024
Reporting Aside: Enjoy, but beware the early spring
This early spring weather is a boon, but we shouldn’t get too complacent as it could change at any time, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
Oakland Town Council, budget committee approve articles for May town meeting
About 35 people turned out Wednesday night for the discussion about the town’s proposed $3.59 million budget, which is to go before voters May 7.
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