Amy Calder

Morning Sentinel

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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Published
July 28, 2023

Reporting Aside: Waiting for breakfast and seeking opportunity

A group of homeless people who hang out near the old Waterville Boys and Girls Club on Main Place in Waterville, waiting for the nearby soup kitchen to open, say finding a place to live is difficult, and out of reach financially, Amy Calder writes.
Published
July 27, 2023

Housing projects in downtown Waterville with a total of 84 units set to move forward

The Waterville Planning Board this week gave final approval for Head of Falls Village on Front, Temple and Appleton streets, as well as a housing project for 155 and 165 Main St.
Published
July 27, 2023

Judge to determine whether teen charged in girlfriend’s death to be tried as juvenile or adult

A final day of testimony was heard Thursday in Waterville in the case of Aidan Grant, 16, who’s charged in the stabbing death of 14-year-old Brooke McLaughlin in Mount Vernon.
Published
July 26, 2023

State prosecutor reveals inconsistencies in stories teen told following death of girlfriend in Mount Vernon

Further details were revealed Wednesday in Waterville during the second day of testimony to determine if Aidan Grant, 16, will be tried as an adult in the death last year of his girlfriend, Brooke McLaughlin, 14.
Published
July 25, 2023

Waterville court hearing reveals Mount Vernon girl was stabbed 10 times

Evidence in a case involving the killing of Brooke McLaughlin, 14, emerged Tuesday at Waterville District Court, where a hearing is being held to determine if the boy charged with her murder, Aidan Grant, will be tried as a juvenile or an adult.
Published
July 24, 2023

Waterville property owners to see tax bills increase this year

A $2.5 million jump in the municipal and school budget for 2023-24 is driving most of the tax bill increases, although property valuation adjustments made this year are also contributing factors.
Published
July 14, 2023

Reporting Aside: Childhood tragedy becomes lifelong lesson about being safe on Maine’s waterways

The death of a boy years ago on the Kennebec River in Skowhegan remains a regular reminder of how water can be powerful and unforgiving, Amy Calder writes.
Published
July 13, 2023

Waterville party caucuses to be held soon ahead of candidate petition deadline

The Democratic City Caucus will be held at 5:30 p.m. July 24 at The Elm and the city clerk’s office as of Thursday had not been notified as to when the Republican City Committee will caucus.
Published
July 13, 2023

Waterville board to hear final plans for downtown housing projects

The Planning Board later this month will take up two separate proposals that between them would bring about 80 housing units to downtown.
Published
July 12, 2023

New $15 million Kennebec Water District complex in Waterville opening to public

The complex at 131 Drummond Ave. puts administrative offices on Cool Street and operations on South Street at the same location.