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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.

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Waterville seeks partner for riverfront mixed-use development

by Amy Calder January 31, 2019January 31, 2019

The structure would be on 1.5 acres of city-owned property at Head of Falls off Front Street.

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Sustain Mid-Maine to move out of Waterville City Hall after mayor complains

by Amy Calder January 30, 2019January 31, 2019

Mayor Nick Isgro calls the environmental organization, which supports a plastic bag ban he opposes, a “special interest group.”

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Fire in paper machines and in roof at Huhtamaki paper products plant draws huge response

by Amy Calder January 29, 2019January 30, 2019

Dozens of firefighters from about 15 communities battled the blaze at the business, which straddles the Waterville-Fairfield town line.

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Waterville mayor wants environmental group out of City Hall

by Amy Calder January 29, 2019January 29, 2019

Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition has had a small corner of an office in City Hall for a few years at no charge, but Mayor Nick Isgro wants the city manager to give the nonprofit notice that the city no longer will allow that.

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As Waterville revitalization efforts continue, parking issues frustrate business owners

by Amy Calder January 28, 2019January 28, 2019

Colby College offers the city $10,000 to help with parking enforcement, a donation police Chief Joseph Massey says will be a big help in the short term.

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Meet The Carvivores: 3 women to represent Maine in national snow sculpting contest

by Amy Calder January 26, 2019January 26, 2019

The central Maine sculptors — Cathy Thompson; her daughter, Amanda Bolduc; and Serena Sanborn — will compete with 14 other teams next week on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin.