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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, Winslow won’t share a fire chief, says Waterville City Manager Michael Roy

by Amy Calder May 29, 2018May 29, 2018

Shawn Esler was to have started July 1 as the new Waterville and Winslow fire chief, but Roy said Tuesday that he was notified by the Winslow town manager that the town decided not to go with a shared chief.

Local & State

Waterville Main Street folds after 17 years but leaves a legacy that will endure

by Amy Calder May 25, 2018May 30, 2018

The organization passed its ‘meaningful’ programs on to other organizations and donated leftover funds, including $18,000 to the RiverWalk project.

Local & State

KVCAP asks Waterville for increase in transportation contribution

by Amy Calder May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

Jim Wood, transportation development director for the agency, said costs and ridership are rising, but local contributions have remained level for many years.

Local & State

Shawn Esler chosen as Waterville’s new fire chief

by Amy Calder May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

Esler, a fire captain, was hired with the expectation that he would be Winslow fire chief as well, though the Winslow position has not yet been formalized.

Local & State, Politics

LePage bill intended to protect elderly from tax lien foreclosure in limbo

by Amy Calder May 22, 2018May 23, 2018

The governor, who now is working with a Caribou woman whose home was foreclosed on, vows to ensure the bill gets sponsored next year if a special session, which he has the power to convene, is not called.

Local & State

Waterville planners send request to rezone 110 College Ave. to council

by Amy Calder May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

Booker Family Properties wants to convert the former Goudreau’s Retirement Inn into apartments.

Local & State

Wind-swept fire ravages home off Depot Street in Thorndike

by Amy Calder May 21, 2018May 21, 2018

Firefighters from at least nine departments arrived to tackle the blaze, which also destroyed four vehicles and spread into the nearby woods.

Local & State

Waterville council to discuss revenue, capital improvements, debt service at budget workshop

by Amy Calder May 21, 2018May 21, 2018

The Tuesday session comes nearly two weeks after Mayor Nick Isgro claimed councilors were working quietly behind the scenes to increase the tax rate by 13 percent.