A story her mother told her about a cat and her father might be just the antidote to the stress ailing society now, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Waiting for the last chapter
A Canaan woman warns that if things seem amiss with the person you met online, then it’s time to pay attention before he breaks your heart and leaves you broke, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Forever Clean but never idle
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.