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 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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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
At least 2 people, dog rescued after breaking through ice in Fairfield
The rescue took place on a small pond off Middle Road in Fairfield around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday where a dog is believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2024
Waterville man charged by FBI over online threats to kill President Biden, immigrants
Benjamin Brown was arrested Monday on a warrant charging transmitting a threatening interstate communication and his Spring Street apartment was searched, according to a U.S. District Court official.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2024
Waterville board eyes proposed school budgets
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday considered several budgets, including those for Albert S. Hall School and Waterville Junior High School.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2024
Waterville Board of Education accepts updated school health plan
The plan encourages people to take personal responsibility by not coming to school when sick.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
Starks voters approve new building ordinance
About 60 people turned out for the meeting at the community center, passing all 31 articles, with few amendments, in about 2 1/2 hours, according to officials.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2024
Athens voters reject solar ordinance, approve moratorium on wireless transmission
About 40 people turned out Saturday for the Athens annual town meeting, approving a $743,619 budget that does not include school and county budgets.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2024
Driver in Embden crash charged with OUI, driving to endanger
Conrad Ayers, 22, of Waterville, was driving a 2020 Subaru Outback on New Portland Road in Embden when the vehicle drifted into the oncoming lane, striking a Honda Pilot with a man and three teenagers inside, according to a Somerset County Sheriff’s official.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2024
Reporting Aside: A tragic ending to a troubled life
The person found dead Feb. 26 in a school bus at Waterville Junior High School was transgender and struggled with mental health and other issues, according to friends and former co-workers.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2024
Waterville City Council gives initial OK for $50,000 to soup kitchen
Some city councilors said they were concerned that American Rescue Plan Act money would not be given equitably if, for instance, other social service agencies asking for the same amount and are denied.
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