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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 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, 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.

Local & State

Waterville RiverWalk just $56,000 shy of $1.5 million fundraising goal

by Amy Calder July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

City receives $100,000 from the Sewall Foundation for the RiverWalk, expected to be completed by Sept. 1, with a dedication scheduled for Oct. 6, at which former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell will speak.

Anger flares over budget at Waterville Board of Education meeting

by Amy Calder July 11, 2018July 12, 2018

Board members call out fellow member Maryanne Bernier for suggesting the budget can be cut after she approved it weeks ago along with the rest of the board.

Local & State, Politics

Waterville council approves emergency funding for city, schools

by Amy Calder July 10, 2018July 11, 2018

Councilor Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday night urged the city and schools to cut $100,000 from their budgets, but resident Tom Ferris called the effort ‘complete politics’ and said the cuts would mean only cents for taxpayers.

Local & State, Politics

Waterville family hopes pardon will pave way home for deported father

by Amy Calder July 9, 2018July 10, 2018

A three-member pardon board will recommend to the governor whether Lexius Saint Martin, who is living in a hut in Haiti, should be pardoned for trafficking in cocaine a decade ago.

Local & State, Politics

Waterville petition process blocks funding for city and schools

by Amy Calder July 9, 2018July 9, 2018

Councilors on Tuesday will consider declaring an emergency so as to be able to fund city and school operations in light of a petition process seeking to repeal the council’s budget override.