Amy Calder has been a Morning Sentinel reporter for 34 years and has received two dozen writing awards. Her column appears here Saturdays. She may be reached at [email protected].
Latest columns
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Workers at Save A Lot on The Concourse in downtown Waterville will lose their jobs when the store closes for good Thursday, Amy Calder writes.
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Jorgensen's Cafe and Deli owner Theresa Dunn, who has owned the cafe since 2017 and worked for all four of its owners before that, plans to close the business around June 1, Amy Calder writes.
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A small group of people with the Greater Waterville Area Poverty Action Coalition/Poor People's Campaign staff a table each Friday in Waterville to provide basic necessities to those in need, Amy Calder writes.
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Steven Jones, who owns Fieldstone Gardens in Vassalboro, was joined this week by two of his employees at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville to bring some color to the garden beds, and to the lives of passersby, Amy Calder writes.
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The city of Waterville, with help from Colby College professor and city Councilor Thomas Klepach, is working hard to alleviate the impact of browntail moths, Amy Calder writes.
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Kate Orso, 68, is frantically searching for her possessions that were sold, unbeknownst to her, from the storage unit she rented, Amy Calder writes.
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Volunteers turned out recently to help the nonprofit Waterville Community Land Trust erect a gazebo at the park and community garden it built on Water Street in the city's South End, Amy Calder writes.
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As Robert Frost penned in his poem "Two Tramps in Mud Time," April has a habit of taking us a step into summer and then two back into winter, Amy Calder writes.
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North Elementary School will be razed to make way for a new building, but on one day this week the community held fast to its bubbles, Amy Calder writes.
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Brenda Whitney gets joy from helping others, without looking for thank-yous, Amy Calder writes.
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It's a balancing act, owning a fat cat that needs to lose weight and a skinny one who needs to gain, especially when it comes to meal time, Amy Calder writes.
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Liliana Ann Greene was born Jan. 11 in Boston with a rare heart condition that required surgery the day after her birth, Amy Calder writes.
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It was important to Paul J. Schupf that Waterville have an arts center in the heart of the city that is accessible to all, Amy Calder writes.
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Covering the ice storm of 1998 in the Waterville area seemed like being a war zone, Amy Calder writes.
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Motorists get a fresh perspective of downtown Waterville with the new traffic pattern that allows for two-way traffic on Main and Front streets, Amy Calder writes.
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The rental assistance Beth Gordon was receiving was pulled a few weeks ago and she now lives in a pop-up camper in Fairfield with her two children, but she remains determined to find the opportunity that will bring a better path.
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People used to watch horror movies to get frightened, but now all they need do is watch national news broadcasts, Amy Calder writes.
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Peter Carey and Jason Brann own PRO Moving Service in Waterville, and they do much more than move bulky things, Amy Calder writes.
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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.
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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.
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Denise Dutil looks forward to the day the new skatepark at Green Street Park in Waterville's South End bears the name of her son, Dave Dutil Jr., who died by suicide in 2016, Amy Calder writes.
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Robert Kelley, 77, born in Waterville, was found dead Monday in a hotel room in rural North Dakota and the county coroner there has been unable to find any family to claim his remains, Amy Calder writes.
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Folks here have their own way of being in the world, which includes using seemingly odd turns of phrase, Amy Calder writes.
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Sue and Rick Dutil started the Winslow Garden Club this year and it now has 19 members doing their part to make the town shine, Amy Calder writes.
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Malcolm Porter and David Spinney-Porter offer up herbal incense, tea, gifts, candy — and now fudge — at their specialty store, Incense & Peppermints, in downtown Waterville, Amy Calder writes.