Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Mondays in both the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. She has worked at the newspaper 29 years, 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 a 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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PublishedJanuary 14, 2021
Former Waterville mayor Isgro reports ‘full retirement from politics’ after tenure marked by progress, controversy
Nick Isgro’s six years in office included forward movement in downtown revitalization efforts as well as controversy over his comments on social media that led to a failed effort to recall him from office.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2021
Two-year-old boy shot in Waterville remains hospitalized
State and local police are releasing little information about their investigation into the Saturday shooting of a 2-year-old boy in the head, apparently by a sibling, in their Western Avenue home.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Officials provide no update on 2-year-old shooting victim’s condition
The boy shot in the head Saturday morning in Waterville was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon, but a hospital spokeswoman said Monday she had no information on a patient by that name.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2021
Waterville boy, 2, in critical condition after shooting
Maine State Police say their investigation revealed the boy’s sibling found a gun in a closet Saturday morning, loaded it and fired one round.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2021
State, local police investigate Waterville shooting
A shooting occurred Saturday on Western Avenue in Waterville, but state and local police are not commenting on the incident.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2021
Five adults injured in single-vehicle New Portland crash
Two people were taken to a Lewiston hospital by LifeFlight helicopters that landed at the New Portland fire station, after the driver of a 2016 Lexus sport utility vehicle apparently fell asleep and the vehicle left Meadow Brook Road and struck some trees.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2020
Mother of Ayla Reynolds still seeking answers 9 years after child’s disappearance from Waterville home
Trista Reynolds, the mother of the 20-month-old toddler who was reported missing by her father, says that the anniversary of her disappearance gets harder every year.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2020
MaineGeneral in Augusta to get its first vaccine shipment Tuesday
While MaineGeneral in Augusta is receiving the Pfizer vaccine, Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville is slated to get the Moderna vaccine, which has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2020
Fire engulfs Waterville home during early morning hours Thursday
The blaze in the city’s South End drew firefighters from multiple communities across central Maine.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2020
Waterville council takes first vote to loosen chicken requirements
The City Council on Tuesday voted 5-2 to decrease the required minimum lot size for keeping chickens from 10,000 to 8,000 square feet and are scheduled to take a final vote Dec. 15.
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