Reporting Aside: We don’t need to harp on it, but Waterville company finds the art in its work

Peter Carey and Jason Brann own PRO Moving Service in Waterville, and they do much more than move bulky things, Amy Calder writes.

Thinking Things Through: Letting life take its course

Preparing mentally for a third surgery in a year, Liz Soares reflects on fear of the unknown and coming out on the other side of making the right choice for mind and body.

On the Edge: Sign of the cross … A Netflix special

Thinking back to those times when you make the sign of the cross and enter into Virgo country, J.P. Devine reflects on the end of summer and the start of something new.

Reporting Aside: Waterville native’s children are found, but it’s a story without a happy ending

Robert Kelley died at 77 in August in a hotel room in rural North Dakota and a coroner there went to great lengths to find his next of kin, only to learn it wasn't the outcome people may have hoped for, Amy Calder writes.

Backyard Naturalist: Wasps and spiders

Watching a small wasp drag an immobile spider across the deck on a summer afternoon, Dana Wilde thinks of the underground chamber that awaits for the coming creature lifecycle.

‘Bad Sisters’: A second look

J.P. Devine Podcast: Is there anything more American than a lemonade stand?

J.P. Devine: Then there was Sara

Running a lemonade stand in Waterville, Sara Johnson continues the deeply American tradition of earning a little money on the side, J.P. Devine writes.

Reporting Aside: Rising housing costs place heavy burden on St. Albans mother

Single working mother Kathy Cooper is being evicted from the house she has rented for four years and has searched in vain for a place she can afford for her and her four children, Amy Calder writes.

Thinking Things Through: Cooking on the road to recovery

While recovering from a second knee replacement surgery, Liz Soares mulls how cooking has been an important hobby in her household.