The UMaine graduate, who works as a business analyst for CGI, says his involvement in community is rewarding.
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.
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Waterville City Council OKs funding to move Ticonic sculpture to future RiverWalk
Councilors voted to use $15,000 from the public works equipment account to fund the sculpture relocation.
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Political upheaval reaches fever pitch at Waterville City Council meeting
Angry attendees slam an effort to recall Mayor Nick Isgro as well as the council’s appointment of John O’Donnell to the Ward 5 seat over their favored candidate, Julian Payne.
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Alfond Youth Center to receive Community Service Project of the Year Award
Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce banquet and awards ceremony to be held April 26 at Kennebec Valley Community College.
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LePage bill aiming to protect elderly from foreclosure up for votes
The House and Senate are expected this week to consider L.D. 1629, the bill inspired by the elderly Sukeforth couple of Albion who were evicted from their home.
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Waterville welcomes new $216,236 dual-chamber packer truck
The truck takes both trash and recycling at the same time and residential pickup will be weekly, whereas with the old truck, recycling was collected only every other week.
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Lessing urges council to affirm Waterville as inclusive, welcoming
Isgro, in the wake of the turmoil caused by social media postings, challenges councilors he considers ‘well-connected’ to walk the walk.
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Waterville council to consider transferring funds to move sculpture
‘The Ticonic,’ created by sculptor Roger Majorowicz, probably will be moved from The Concourse to Head of Falls before June 1, according to City Manager Michael Roy.
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Vassalboro couple loses mobile home to fire of unknown cause
Ron and Sandra Goguen’s 5-week-old kitten is believed to have perished in the blaze at China Lake Park, off U.S. Route 2, as the couple was out delivering Meals on Wheels.
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Alfond Foundation donates $570,000 for Waterville municipal pool water slide improvements
Work is scheduled to start after the pool facility closes in August, and a second phase of work on the main and kiddie pools will happen next year, according to City Manager Michael Roy.