Three central Maine women who met at the gym may have retired, but they never stopped working or enjoying each other’s company as they made a clean getaway from their previous lives, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Jimmy Dutton’s Waterville odyssey
Dutton has been in prison, he’s been homeless and he’s lived in the shelter; but now he’s making his way back to stability because he gets help from people who care, one day at a time, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Isn’t it time to have a woman as president?
While Oprah has had people talking, Republicans and Democrats in Maine have been grooming women to run for office, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: In these times Robert Frost’s voice resonates
In a world seemingly gone mad, the New Hampshire poet’s works seem more and more prescient and foreboding, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Birds forsaking feeders, finding plenty of natural food
If birds are not flocking to the feeder on the porch, it’s because they are finding nourishment in the wild, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Waterville shelter support gives woman a hand up
When one woman puts her life in perspective and tells her story, it can lead to a connection that will change her life, writes Amy Calder.
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Reporting Aside: A gift from my mother
Emergency room nurses can keep late hours, even on Christmas Eve, but a memory from youth that stays with you can be everlasting, writes Amy Calder.
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Court hears OUI cases as accident death toll rises in Maine
With Christmas fast approaching, Amy Calder proposes this year we shoot for zero fatalities during the holiday, five better than last year.
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Amy’s Christmas story wish list is focused on the missing
The person who took Ayla Reynolds from home six years ago tops the list, followed by the remains of Pauline Rourke and two dangerous dogs, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Watch out for the deer
After colliding with a deer on Interstate 95 at peak season for such incidents, Amy Calder finds that such accidents in Maine are counted in the thousands and that it’s good to be alive.