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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PublishedJune 23, 2023
Waterville tavern owner threatens lawsuit after woman’s assault claims unleash fiery online responses
The owner of Silver Street Tavern has taken legal action against an Oakland woman who took to Facebook to say she was drugged and raped at the tavern, a claim that drew a broad response online.
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PublishedJune 21, 2023
Residents take aim at Waterville council for pursuing building lease
People told the City Council on Tuesday that it was fiscally irresponsible to move forward on leasing, and possibly purchasing, a building on Front Street that would hold council meetings and serve other functions.
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PublishedJune 19, 2023
Waterville City Council to consider final budget vote, lease of new council chambers
The City Council is expected to give approval Tuesday to a combined municipal and school budget totaling $56.34 million.
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PublishedJune 16, 2023
Reporting Aside: Oakland man extends kindness to students from afar
Gil Roy has hosted more than two-dozen foreign exchange students from around the world in the last 14 years and has two more coming this summer, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJune 15, 2023
Massachusetts man arrested on charge of aggravated attempted murder in Waterville
Irineu Goncalves, 34, faces several charges after police found him strangling a woman behind a hotel on Main Street, according to officials..
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Planning Board hears more details about downtown Waterville housing proposal
Kennebec Realty Partners told the board Tuesday that two long-vacant buildings across from the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons could have 21 studio apartments between them.
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Albion man pleads guilty to ‘straw purchase’ involving convicted felon in federal firearms case
Charles Viles, 31, tried to buy firearms for a convicted felon in Palmyra and knowingly made false statements to to a licensed firearms dealer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Bangor.
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PublishedJune 12, 2023
Interim Waterville police Chief Bonney named chief
Bill Bonney, who has been with the city’s Police Department for more than 25 years, has been serving as interim police chief since Joseph Massey retired in December.
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PublishedJune 12, 2023
State Senate action means Waterville likely to again become regional dispatch center
Maine lawmakers approved a measure Monday allowing the creation in the state of another regional emergency communications center, which could benefit 16 Kennebec County communities, many of which were weeks away from losing dispatching services.
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PublishedJune 12, 2023
Waterville Planning Board to consider downtown housing proposal
The DePre family is proposing to build 21 apartments at 155 and 165 Main St., across the street from the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons.
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