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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PublishedNovember 5, 2022
A moribund old mill to get a $15 million facelift, and brewery, adding another spark to Skowhegan
The 80,000-square-foot former Solon Manufacturing mill on the island downtown is undergoing a two-year remodel that will have Bigelow Brewing Co. anchor the ground floor, with apartments and a hotel filling out the space.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
Annual Festival of Trees to open later this month in Waterville
The Alfond Youth & Community Center is set to host the festival, which is to run over two long weekends and benefit nonprofits that provide aid to those contending with food insecurity and agencies developing workforce readiness programs.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
Fairfield firefighters’ union, town officials clash over paycheck deduction
Teamsters Local Union No. 340, representing eight Fairfield firefighters, says the town deducted money from their paychecks following a dispute over federal American Rescue Plan Act money.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2022
With construction nearing an end, $18 million downtown Waterville art center to debut Dec. 17
The Paul J. Schupf Art Center is scheduled to open about a week before Christmas and one Colby College official said Tuesday that it’s “going to bring people into the heart of downtown all the time.”
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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Reporting Aside: A mother urgently tells domestic violence victims that, ‘You have to be careful when you leave’
During October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Terry Gilman remembers her daughter, Autumn Joy Gullifer, who was murdered by Gullifer’s estranged husband, and offers tips to those affected by violence, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2022
Skowhegan man dies in crash after SUV hydroplanes
The crash occurred early Tuesday on the Canaan Road and claimed the life of 53-year-old Mario Centofanti, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2022
Waterville City Council OKs Police Department review, applauds chief ahead of his retirement
City councilors Tuesday approved the use of $40,000 to contract with the International Association of Chiefs of Police to review Police Department operations.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2022
LePage, Hunkler debate housing, PFAS at Waterville forum
Former Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent candidate Sam Hunkler fielded policy questions Tuesday at a forum hosted by the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2022
Waterville police chief plans to retire next month as city considers sweeping review of department
Joseph Massey, 69, has been with the Waterville Police Department for 36 years, the last 15 as chief. He is leaving at a time when Mayor Jay Coelho says he favors restructuring the way the city agency is run.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2022
Brickyard Hollow Brewing to open sixth location in Skowhegan
The Yarmouth-based business plans to move into the former Whit’s End Grill and Bar on Madison Avenue and open sometime in December.
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