Amy Calder

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.
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Maine retiree fulfills vision of jobs for the mentally ill

by Amy Calder

WATERVILLE – Jim Schmidt has spent a lifetime helping people with mental illnesses make social connections and find jobs. The idea is simple: With work, one gains confidence, self-worth, friends, a sense of accomplishment — and an income. When people say that a large percentage of those with mental illness are unable to work or […]

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LePage: Fiscal sense tops political experience

by Amy Calder

Waterville Mayor Paul LePage’s black Toyota Avalon came rumbling through the dust on the warehouse road, slowed to a crawl and then stopped. LePage stepped out, smiling and looking refreshed, despite having had no sleep at all Tuesday night after winning the Republican gubernatorial primary. It was Wednesday afternoon and he had just come out […]

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