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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PublishedApril 1, 2017
Maine state trooper discovers unexpected cargo in back seat — Lombardi Trophy
Two people who were delivering the trophy to an event in Bangor got sidetracked when the car they were riding in hit a deer.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2017
Waterville downtown vision hinges on hotel parking decision, Colby president says
Colby President David Greene and Mayor Nick Isgro met Wednesday to discuss progress of the downtown revitalization effort, saying hundreds of jobs and millions in investments are at stake.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2017
Former Waterville Senior High principal Reiter still subject of NH police probe
The New Ipswich police chief says he expects a decision in the case within three weeks, more than a year after allegations surfaced that Reiter had improper relations with students while an educator there.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2017
Waterville council to explore negotiating one-year as opposed to three-year union contracts
City officials postponed a discussion of the risks and benefits of such a plan until an executive session next week.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2017
Waterville mayor says increasing taxes in budget ‘not an outcome that we can accept’
The preliminary proposed city budget would increase taxes by $2.17 per $1,000, but Mayor Nick Isgro warns in his budget message that “increasing the tax burden at the current time is not an outcome that we can accept.”
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PublishedMarch 25, 2017
Waterville mall to be expanded for Harbor Freight retail store
Construction of a 6,384-square-foot Pine Tree Mall addition will start soon to make way for a Harbor Freight tools and equipment store, and the nearby former Friendly’s building is likely to house another restaurant soon.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2017
Waterville’s Thayer Bridge on Gilman Street slated for $1 million overhaul this summer
The bridge over Messalonskee Stream near Waterville Senior High School will be closed to vehicles for about three months starting in June as workers take it down, inspect it and renovate its surface and supports.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2017
Waterville parking panel seeks solutions to dormitory’s displacement of 90 Concourse spaces
Suggestions include imposing a time limit on more spaces and arranging shuttle trips to and from more far-flung parking options.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2017
‘Public education is in trouble,’ Waterville school superintendent says at budget forum
Funding cuts in Waterville schools and an expectation that employees work overtime and double time are ‘burning our staff up,’ Eric Haley told a crowd of about 150 people.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2017
Waterville council postpones vote on leasing parking space to Colby
Colby College officials need more time to “investigate their options for the property,” according to City Manager Michael Roy.
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