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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PublishedDecember 31, 2022
Police, school officials investigate racist graffiti painted on Waterville elementary school
Peter Hallen, assistant superintendent of Waterville Public Schools, said it is important to find those responsible for the graffiti, but having the schools and Waterville community address the issue is critical to spreading awareness and effecting change.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2022
Skowhegan police continue to investigate drug case
Five people were arrested and more than $9,000 worth of illegal drugs seized Friday in Skowhegan, according to police.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
Woman loses everything when fire destroys China home
The woman who lived at the mobile home at 49 Chadwick Way in the Weeks Mills area of China was uninsured, a fire official said Thursday.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2022
Bowdoin man summoned after pickup truck hits Waterville apartment building
Police say the Dodge pickup was traveling at high speed Monday night on College Avenue when it left the road, snapped off a utility pole and crashed into the apartment building, causing what the building owner says is tens of thousands of dollars of damage.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2022
Eleven years after disappearance of Ayla Reynolds, wrongful death suit, police probe continue
Ayla was reported missing Dec. 17, 2011, by her father, Justin DiPietro, from her grandmother’s Violette Avenue home in Waterville, launching the most costly state police investigation in Maine history, and she has never been found.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2022
Panel optimistic about closing deal for Hampden waste-to-energy plant in early 2023
The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the municipal solid waste interests of 115 Maine communities, remains optimistic it will partner with Revere Capital Partners, a New York-based investment firm, early next year in owning and operating the plant.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Man robs Camden National Bank in downtown Waterville
The man, who left the bank Tuesday with an undisclosed amount of money, headed north on foot, police said.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
Worried about porch pirates this holiday season? Skowhegan police have a solution
As a way to ensure holiday packages are not stolen from porches or steps, Skowhegan residents can have their packages sent to the police station instead of their homes, and then pick them up within three days, according to police Chief David Bucknam.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Waterville police chief retires Wednesday; city looks to reassess department’s operations
Chief Joseph Massey has been with the Police Department for 36 years, 15 as chief, and city officials are seeking a successor who might oversee an overhaul of policing in Waterville.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
Sappi announces plan to invest $418 million in Skowhegan mill
The announcement Thursday comes as Sappi says it is looking to transition its portfolio to packaging and specialty papers, pulp and biomaterials.
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