After 38 years on Main Street in Waterville, Nancy and Roger St. Amand are selling the Paragon Shop, but they hold onto plenty of fond memories running the popular business, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Vote early as the line and wait on Election Day may be long
With a big presidential election coming up Nov. 3, coupled with challenges created by the pandemic, voting will be different this year, but we have to face them head on and vote, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Adieu, beloved loons
It’s tough, saying ‘good-bye’ to loons when camp season ends, columnist Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Books provide a haven in the midst of the pandemic
Armed with life experience, rereading classic literature 50 years later brings a much different perspective, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Restoration of Medal of Honor recipient’s gravestone a job well done
With help from volunteers, Joe Ferrannini helped preserve not only the gravestone of Civil War veteran Frank W. Haskell, who was awarded the Medal of Honor, but also several of his family members’ stones Sunday in Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville.
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Amy Calder: A serendipitous gravestone matter
A gravestone conservator from New York just happened to be working in a cemetery in Sidney when he learned about efforts to fix a neglected Civil War veteran’s stone in Waterville.
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Amy Calder: Preserving a Medal of Honor veteran’s memorial
A Capitol Police officer and an American Legion chaplain team up to help raise funds to fix a Civil War veteran’s gravestone at Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Hating is hard work
Hatred, fear and nastiness could be eliminated with a simple, universal vow to be kind to one another, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: ‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’
Amy Calder remembers the extraordinary life of thespian Emily Rowden Fournier, who perished in a whitewater rafting accident.
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Amy Calder: July Fourth sparks memories of holidays past
Though traditional July Fourth celebrations will be altered this weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mainers will likely find safe and fun ways to mark the holiday, Amy Calder writes.