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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.
Waterville mom credits addiction program Operation HOPE for saving her daughter
Waterville police department program helped 27-year-old get into an addiction treatment facility in Virginia.
Mainer earns Army’s top Noncommissioned Officer award
The Belgrade Lakes native spends a tough year training for the prestigious recognition.
Skowhegan police: Rumors about student going to high school with firearm false
School administrators and Skowhegan police have found the information in the rumors to be baseless.
Director of Waterville shelter resigns, says dangerous pit bulls were stolen
Lisa Smith’s exit occurs amid controversy over the disappearance of pit bulls that were ordered euthanized but taken for a walk by their owner last week.
‘Oh, my God … She can’t control them,’ caller cries in tape of Winslow dog attack
As two pit bulls deemed dangerous and slated for euthanasia were still missing Friday, a newly released video and 911 audio reveal the harrowing attack that left a small dog dead and its owner seriously injured.
Waterville superintendent’s retirement rekindles issue of ‘double-dipping’
Eric Haley, 63, retired Friday but plans to return to work Nov. 27, collecting both his pension and his salary.
Police doubt owner’s tale that condemned pit bulls got loose, suspect ‘coordinated effort’
‘I find that to be very doubtful since we’ve gotten no calls,’ says Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey.
Marijuana dispensaries debated by mayoral candidates
Three men are vying for the post in Waterville.
Palermo woman in critical condition after van, tractor-trailer collision on Route 3 in China
Pamela Page, 49, was transferred from an Augusta hospital to Maine Medical Center in Portland after being trapped in a van for nearly an hour, police say.