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.
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Fairfield man charged with head-butting police

by Amy Calder

FAIRFIELD – A man who reportedly head-butted two police officers late Sunday when they arrested him for violating conditions of release is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Skowhegan District Court. John Andrew O’Connor, 48, was in handcuffs when he head-butted officers Spencer Grinnell and Paul St. Amand, smashing Grinnell’s glasses, according to Sgt. Matthew Bard. […]

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