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
June 11, 2023

Mount View High School graduation ceremony gets philosophical

The 67 seniors walked away with a question to ponder, courtesy of their principal: ‘Who are you?’
Published
June 10, 2023

Woofstock brings food, friends, music — oh, and dogs

About 35 people ran or walked the 5K Woof Run Saturday in Waterville at the Woofstock festival to help raise funds for Humane Society Waterville Area.
Published
June 9, 2023

Reporting Aside: One man’s kind gesture has uplifting effect

Debra Brown’s opinion of people changed recently when Manny Price found her wallet in a Waterville parking lot, with a few hundred dollars inside, and took the time to return it to her, Amy Calder writes.
Published
June 6, 2023

Waterville City Council gives preliminary approval to $56.34 million municipal and school budget

The combined budget for 2023-24 represents an increase of $4.8 million from the spending plan approved last year, driven largely by bumps in salaries and rising costs for electricity, fuel and liability insurance.
Published
June 4, 2023

Skowhegan Area High School graduates 144

The graduation, held Sunday at the school on West Front Street, drew more than 1,500 family, friends and faculty members to the gymnasium and auditorium.
Published
June 2, 2023

Reporting Aside: Graduates, want some unsolicited advice? Yes, yes you do.

Work hard but be lazy, earn money but occasionally splurge, sleep long, eat well and spend time with old people, Amy Calder advises high school graduates.
Published
June 1, 2023

Two dozen earn ‘success card,’ and brighter future, after graduating from adult education program

A graduation ceremony was held Thursday outside Waterville Senior High School for students who were part of the Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education program.
Published
May 31, 2023

Improper disposal of smoking material caused fatal Waterville fire, officials say

Smoking is not allowed on the Elm Towers property at 60 Elm St., where a fire May 22 caused the death of Ronald Kennerson, 65, in whose apartment the fire began, investigators said.
Published
May 28, 2023

Kennebec Messalonskee Trails to celebrate 20 years

A full day of activities is planned for Saturday at Head of Falls in Waterville to celebrate the anniversary of the organization’s founding.
Published
May 26, 2023

Reporting Aside: Closing of Waterville grocery store is ‘going to hurt,’ employee says

Workers at Save A Lot on The Concourse in downtown Waterville will lose their jobs when the store closes for good Thursday, Amy Calder writes.