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Amy Calder
  • Published
    April 5, 2015

    Big hearts help little Troy Union Church

    The community has banded together to help save the 175-year-old church which is closed because of structural problems, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    March 22, 2015

    Reporting Aside: Once essential, phone directories now a curiosity

    Formerly ubiquitous and essential, our phone books, dictionaries and stationary are no longer within reach, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    March 15, 2015

    Better eating through kale

    After a winter of sugar and salt, the road back to nutritious eating can be an uphill trek, writes Amy Calder.

  • Published
    March 8, 2015

    A full life is but a memory

    After years as a police officer, special education teacher and private investigator, Danny Karter spends his days in a Waterville nursing rehabilitation center as physical ailments rob him of his busy life.

  • Published
    March 1, 2015

    Optician has eye for good health

    Ash Hekmat walks four to six miles a day and finds walking in the winter not only exhilarating, but liberating, writes Amy Calder.

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  • Published
    February 22, 2015

    How high is the snow on your roof?

    A hardly used $63 roof rake will take care of it if you have a mind to make the climb, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    February 15, 2015

    Snowy, cold and proud

    A winter jaunt to warmer climate is nice, but Maine's varying seasons give us character, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    February 8, 2015

    Oakland couple credits family for 71 years of bliss

    Bud and Josephine King met on a blind date in 1940, and say marriage is a give and take proposition.

  • Published
    February 1, 2015

    Let there be light — in my house

    The most beautiful room in the world is nothing without proper light, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    January 25, 2015

    Hearing test saved man’s life

    After his girlfriend insisted he get his hearing tested, former Waterville resident Daren Meader learned he had a brain tumor his doctor said would have eventually killed him if it hadn't been removed.