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Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Sundays in 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, she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work at the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received numerous of awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association and is author of the book, "Comfort is an Old Barn," a collection of curated columns published by Islandport Press. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Trash going back to PERC as towns seek operator for Fiberight solid waste facility
The Municipal Review Committee told member municipalities and others that 3/4 of their trash was being diverted to the Orrington waste-to-energy plant while the Fiberight plant in Hampden is shut down.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Colby College announces plan to bring students back to campus in August
The $10 million opening plan includes input from medical professionals, 50 faculty members and 10 task forces, and involves administering 85,000 tests for the coronavirus to students, faculty and staff in the fall semester.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Another marijuana facility on Waterville planning agenda
The Waterville Planning Board on Monday is scheduled to consider a plan for a marijuana growing operation on Industrial Road, just down the road from another marijuana operation licensed by the city in May.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
REM launches “Imagine That!” campaign, seeks 600 new members
The community group that began 25 years ago and is an umbrella for local nonprofit groups is working to boost membership and raise at least $35,000 to stay afloat.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
$2.7 million water main project in downtown Waterville ‘slightly ahead of schedule’
The project hit a snag Thursday when a valve on a pipe failed near the intersection of Main and Silver streets downtown, flooding Main Street and forcing the Kennebec Water District to shut off water to three restaurants on Silver Street for a few hours.
Posted inAmy Calder, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: A short, but memorable acquaintance
The mystery of a homing pigeon that appeared last weekend at Amy Calder’s sister’s house in Skowhegan led to a journey to find the bird’s owner and while some questions were answered, others remain elusive.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville Planning Board recommends council rezone properties for solar farms
City Planner Ann Beverage reported Wednesday that Planning Board member Tom Nale Jr. resigned from the board Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council combines differing Black lives matter resolutions after heated debate
Councilors voted Tuesday to add some of Councilor Flavia Oliveira’s alternate decree to Phil Bofia’s resolution about Black Lives Matter, but the debate proved divisive as another councilor declared, “All lives matter.”
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Software engineer with Tyler Technologies appointed to Waterville Board of Education
The board voted unanimously to appoint Krigbaum, 29, a senior software engineer for Tyler Technologies, to the Ward 5 seat vacated by Julian Payne, who resigned recently.