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.

Business, Maine, News

Paul Mitchell, lifelong Waterville resident and older brother of Sen. George Mitchell, dies at 92

by Amy Calder February 13, 2018February 13, 2018

Paul Mitchell was a city business owner who held local office and did community service work in the city for decades.

Maine, News, Paul LePage, Politics

LePage urges lawmakers to work on bill to protect elderly from foreclosure

by Amy Calder February 6, 2018February 7, 2018

A committee postpones a vote on the measure, which would require municipalities to work with elderly homeowners who fall behind on property taxes.

Maine, News

Waterville considers final vote on ethics ordinance

by Amy Calder February 4, 2018February 4, 2018

A section of the proposal addresses conflict of interest.

Maine

Crowd rallies outside Waterville City Hall to support Haitian immigrant

by Amy Calder February 3, 2018February 3, 2018

Lexius Saint Martin, 35, came to the U.S. as a child and was taken last month by ICE officials, who plan to deport him.

Cops & Courts, Maine

Fairfield man in police standoff arrested without incident

by Amy Calder January 31, 2018January 31, 2018

Kenneth J. Ruggiero, 33, was charged with domestic violence assault, domestic violence terrorizing and refusing to submit to arrest after the incident, which lasted about six hours.

Maine, Nation & World, Politics

Waterville mom devastated after ICE officers took her husband away

by Amy Calder January 29, 2018January 30, 2018

The mother of 2 and expecting a 3rd, Mindy Saint Martin pleads for the release of her husband, who faces deportation over a drug conviction 10 years ago.