Cindy Bolduc creates crafts and places them in a cabinet by the road for free but notes that if people want to leave a donation, she will give it to the Somerset Humane Society.
Amy Calder
In Waterville and China, a happy break from browntail moths | Column
It’s awfully nice to be able to hang clothes outdoors again since the browntail moth scourge has seemingly paused, Amy Calder writes.
Waterville writer attempts to mail Chinese food | Column
Performing a good deed before fully vetting the process can lead to unintended consequences, Amy Calder writes.
Creating a ‘cool’ Waterville neighborhood
Retired physician Ira Mandel of Cool Street in Waterville hopes to help form a neighborhood association where people may meet, socialize and plan for activities such as potluck meals, festivals, holiday celebrations, volunteer activities and more.
Thurston is the best China Lake camp cat | Column
A year has passed since Thurston, a feline who lives in Waterville in winter and China in summer, lost his housemate, Bitsy, and it might be time for him to have another, Amy Calder writes.
Waterville stone artist hones his craft | Column
Adam Norton creates and sells stone art from his front lawn in Waterville’s South End, Amy Calder writes.
All Waterville woman wants is a family home | Column
Living in a tent in the woods with her husband, Tasha Wellman dreams that one day she will be with her family together in a real house.
Oakland woman says 103rd birthday will be ‘just another day’ | Column
Edith Cunningham remembers the days when there were dirt roads, no electricity, the family was snowed in for two or three days and she rode a horse-drawn sleigh to school in winter.
Recalling ‘M-A-S-H’ creator’s Waterville connection | Column
Dedicated “M-A-S-H” fans and Waterville residents Joe Schmalzel and his son, Joshua, gave a presentation about Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr.’s life and work at the then-Thayer Hospital, Amy Calder writes.
Leaving our central Maine youth in the dust | Column
We baby boomers had it pretty good when we consider how young people entering the workforce now struggle to meet high rents, buy food and gas and pay off college and car loans, Amy Calder writes.