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 14, 2015
Safety, upkeep of buildings overwhelm Waterville code office
The city’s code enforcement officer says foreclosed real estate and landlord-tenant disputes add to the workload.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2015
Waterville firefighters make quick work of house fire
A fire in a 15-room apartment building on Silver Street was confined to the first floor.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2015
Jogger runs into car crossing street in Oakland
The driver saw 15-year-old and tried to avoid him, but he hit the car between the passenger side door and front tire.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2015
Freedom to consider selling 181 acres on Sanford Hill
Town Meeting voters will decide whether to keep the site, acquired through a foreclosure, as a town-owned recreational area or sell it.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2015
Waterville schools chief calls 2015-16 ‘bad budget year for schools’
Too many variables have yet to be settled to predict the amount of the city’s total budget, City Manager Michael Roy said Tuesday.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2015
Natural gas leak forces evacuation of Waterville business
A 1-inch pipe leaked near Motor Supply Co. on College Avenue, an event the fire chief said was caused by freezing.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2015
Waterville council, school board to confer on budget
But the city manager says with revenue sharing and state school subsidies still undecided, there’s little for the two bodies to do.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2015
Waterville plans robo-calls to keep elderly, shut-ins safe
The ‘Are You OK?’ program is relaunching, and the city is looking for people who want police checks.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2015
Waterville land trust has option to buy first property
The community organization aims to make affordable housing available to income-designated families and to preserve historic neighborhoods such as the South End.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2015
Waterville mayor, council recognize firefighter for his work at I-95 crash scene
Allen Nygren performed triage at the massive pileup, calling ambulances for those who needed help and comforting victims.
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