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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PublishedMay 1, 2023
Save A Lot grocery store in downtown Waterville scheduled to close June 1
The owner of the grocery store, which opened in 2012, said Monday the business is not drawing enough business and “hasn’t been financially sound for years.”
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PublishedApril 28, 2023
Waterville man arrested after threat to MaineGeneral’s Thayer Center for Health causes lockdown
Police said Friday that the threat was made by 41-year-old John Picurro, who was the owner of The Last Unicorn restaurant that was destroyed in a fire last weekend.
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PublishedApril 27, 2023
Maine Children’s Home in Waterville seeking new director
Richard Dorian, executive director of the 124-year-old nonprofit organization, plans to leave July 31 to pursue a job as a full time church pastor.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
Hundreds run, climb, crawl through mud at Thomas College
School hosts Dirty Dog Mud Run, a 5K race with obstacles, at Waterville campus.
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PublishedApril 15, 2023
Train carrying hazardous chemicals derails north of Rockwood
A photo of the train derailment posted on Facebook by Rockwood Fire & Rescue shows a fiery scene near a curve on the railroad track, with several cars off the track.
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PublishedApril 15, 2023
Two youths charged with terrorizing after school threat
Interim Waterville police Chief Bill Bonney said Saturday that the youths will have a court date but will first see a juvenile community corrections officer.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
One person killed in China house fire, authorities say
Investigators believe the owner of the home at 93 Dutton Road, identified as 53-year-old David Buchanan, died in Friday’s fire.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2023
Man whose social media post led to Skowhegan-area school closures charged with terrorizing
Janathian Viles was arrested Thursday after a police officer interviewed him in Brewer, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
Two arrested in Skowhegan traffic stop that nets 200 unlicensed marijuana plants in trailer
Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
Waterville man accused in Colby College gunfire had feuded previously with assailant, police affidavit says
Officials say Andrew Gifford, 24, fired a 9 mm handgun three times in a crowded hallway during a party at the Waterville college after he had been hit in the head with a bottle by a man with whom Gifford had fought years earlier.
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