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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PublishedSeptember 14, 2018
Waterville mayor proposes capping property tax hikes at 3% annually
Nick Isgro also calls for ending party affiliations in local elections, forcing paid lobbyists to register.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2018
State fire officials investigate Waterville apartment building fire that displaced 11 people
Waterville Fire Chief Shawn Esler said local fire officials were unable to rule out whether the fire was intentionally set.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2018
Family of man who died in 2014 in Kennebec County jail files lawsuit in federal court
Dana A. Kitchin, 64, died of a massive hemorrhage from a ruptured spleen and bled to death internally as he cried out for medical help while in his cell, the complaint alleges.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2018
Waterville animal shelter officials say facility will close in 3 months without help
Officials say they plan to launch a capital campaign Monday in an effort to raise $250,000 for operations and animal care, as well as to help make the Humane Society Waterville Area sustainable.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2018
Anger flares over Waterville’s plastic bag ordinance debate
The City Council votes to override the mayor’s veto of a vote councilors took earlier this month to place a bag ban ordinance on the November ballot.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2018
To find out why so many Mainers miss jury duty, a judge lets some explain
Men and women called Tuesday by Justice Robert Mullen told him that medical, transportation-related issues and other problems prevented them from reporting for jury duty.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2018
Races honoring slain Cpl. Eugene Cole draw 1,000 people to Norridgewock
The 5K and half marathon raise funds for police academy scholarships.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2018
Residents in Somerset County get scam calls
The automated recordings said they had delinquent bills that must be paid within 24 hours or they would be arrested, police say.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2018
Plymouth motorcyclist seriously injured in Palmyra crash
Robert Dorrance, 57, was thrown from his motorcycle after it was struck by a car near the northbound off-ramp of Interstate 95, according to a sheriff’s official.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2018
Waterville Police Department’s Operation HOPE helps woman turn her life around
Emily Buker has left behind homelessness, unemployment, addiction and crime, has gotten clean and sober and is working in Virginia.
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