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 27, 2020
Despite viral, environmental setbacks, Canaan farm sells pumpkins to benefit Make-A-Wish
The Ring family farm is selling pumpkins, with all proceeds helping Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, in the face of the challenges of the pandemic and drought.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Police to probe whether Oakland church violated pandemic guidelines with weekend crowds
Vehicles, many with out-of-state plates, packed the Kingdom Life Church parking lot on High Street in Oakland on Friday and Saturday nights, possibly violating state pandemic guidelines.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
State police, sheriff’s office investigate Anson man’s death
Dwain Libby, 52, of West Mills Road was found apparently ill and incoherent at his home Monday and died later that night at a Portland hospital.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2020
Demonstrators say ‘Weeks Must Go!’ over Waterville Planning Board member’s alleged racist comments
About 15 people stood outside the Waterville Planning Board meeting Monday night, some holding signs, asking that board member Catherine Weeks resign over allegations she made racist comments to her Iraqi-born neighbors.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2020
Amy Calder: Books provide a haven in the midst of the pandemic
Armed with life experience, rereading classic literature 50 years later brings a much different perspective, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2020
Immigrant family says Waterville Planning Board member told them they’re not welcome in her ‘white’ neighborhood
Catherine Weeks has called city police on her Iraqi-born neighbors, who allege in court documents that she tells them they are not welcome in her white, American neighborhood — charges that Weeks denies.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Colby College prepares its $10 million health plan as 2,060 students are set to arrive
Colby President David Greene said the comprehensive plan for students, staff and faculty requires rigorous testing for COVID-19, as the Waterville college returns to in-person instruction amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
Police: Man damages Pittsfield cruiser, assaults officer while en route to jail
Kristopher M. McWilliams, 31, headbutted Pittsfield Officer Hunter Quinlan and kicked him twice in the chest, according to officials.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
The show must go on: Lakewood Theater opens, despite pandemic
On the shores of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Lakewood is the oldest continuously operating summer theater in the United States.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2020
Blueberry crop ‘the best’ this year for Norridgewock farm
Smith’s U-Pick Blueberries owners Al and Tracey Smith of Cornville say their crop is booming this season and they have seen a lot of new faces.
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