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
November 12, 2023

Colby College surpasses $750 million capital campaign goal, extends it to $1 billion

The college’s Dare Northward campaign has raised more than $780 million and will now continue to the end of 2027.
Published
November 10, 2023

Waterville church faces backlash over plan to raze adjacent apartment buildings

First Church of Waterville, formerly known as the First Baptist Church, bought two apartment buildings and plans to tear them down to expand parking and build a handicapped accessible entrance to the back of the church.
Published
November 8, 2023

Waterville City Council adopts winter plan to help homeless

Councilors on Wednesday postponed indefinitely a proposal to buy yurts to house homeless people now living in tents on city property near the Kennebec River.
Published
November 6, 2023

Waterville City Council to consider ditching yurt idea, seeking longer-term solutions for the homeless

Mayor Jay Coelho is withdrawing his request to spend up to $10,000 to install yurts on the riverfront, instead asking the city to seek solutions that include an emergency warming shelter and ramped-up outreach to the homeless encampment at Head of Falls.
Published
November 1, 2023

Two arrested in connection with robberies at Waterville bank, Fairfield convenience store

The bank robbery occurred Tuesday at Bangor Savings Bank at 366 Main St. in Waterville, and officials said the same people were responsible hours later for robbing the Circle K convenience store at 149 Norridgewock Road in Fairfield.
Published
November 1, 2023

Woman accused of stealing money from Waterville youth center pleads no contest

Sherrie Anne Genness of Belgrade could serve up to 30 months in prison and be required to pay up to $221,695 to the Alfond Youth & Community Center, according to a spokeswoman for the Office of the Maine Attorney General.
Published
October 18, 2023

Colby’s Lovejoy convocation to honor jailed Wall Street Journal reporter

The 71st Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism is to be presented Friday to the parents of Evan Gershkovich, a 2014 Bowdoin College graduate who is being held in a Russian jail on claims he was acting as a spy for the United States.
Published
October 17, 2023

Waterville considers buying yurts to house homeless at riverfront in winter

The City Council heard a plan Tuesday night to buy 10 yurts to provide shelter for homeless people who camp near the RiverWalk at Head of Falls.
Published
October 16, 2023

Waterville audience learns of efforts by veterans group to fight fascist rise

Kristofer Goldsmith, a former sergeant in the U.S. Army, is head of a nonprofit task force that works with state and federal law enforcement and others to counter extremism and gather intelligence on dangerous people and organizations.
Published
October 12, 2023

Performing arts program at Waterville high school wins national award

A surprise ceremony was held Thursday at Waterville Senior High School to award students and staff the Performing Arts School of Excellence award given by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

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