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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.

Hundreds run, climb, crawl through mud at Thomas College

by Amy Calder April 16, 2023April 18, 2023

School hosts Dirty Dog Mud Run, a 5K race with obstacles, at Waterville campus.

Train carrying hazardous chemicals derails north of Rockwood

by Amy Calder April 15, 2023April 15, 2023

A photo of the train derailment posted on Facebook by Rockwood Fire & Rescue shows a fiery scene near a curve on the railroad track, with several cars off the track.

Local & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel

Two youths charged with terrorizing after school threat

by Amy Calder April 15, 2023April 18, 2023

Interim Waterville police Chief Bill Bonney said Saturday that the youths will have a court date but will first see a juvenile community corrections officer.

Business, Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Oakland’s Bowman 1 of 9 to receive chamber awards

by Amy Calder April 15, 2023April 17, 2023

Town Manager Ella Bowman will receive the 2022 Municipal Employee of the Year Award at the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s 60th annual awards ceremony to be held April 27 at Enchanted Gables in Oakland.

Amy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Reporting Aside: With a shoestring budget and plenty of elbow grease, group looks to make Waterville shine

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Volunteers turned out recently to help the nonprofit Waterville Community Land Trust erect a gazebo at the park and community garden it built on Water Street in the city’s South End, Amy Calder writes.