Shaun Caron carries on the art and business of fiddleheading that he learned from family, writes Amy Calder.
Amy Calder
Telemarketer gets the wrong number
When it comes to choosing between a multi-channel screen world and the real world, it’s all a matter of cost, Amy Calder writes.
Graduating senior’s experience at Colby an eye-opener
Michelle Boucher of Fryeburg has learned that everyone has a story and there’s a reason behind their actions, writes Amy Calder.
Why it is important to question everything
On May 8, 1987, Gary Hart announced he was withdrawing from U.S. Democratic presidential race, and Amy Calder learned to be circumspect about politicians.
At Lakeview Lumber in China, Carl Farris forges on
The 70-year-old, who served three years in the Army in Vietnam and has multiple sclerosis, still works about 70 hours a week at the lumber and supply store.
Preventing child abuse and neglect is up to all of us
April is Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month and experts in the field say abuse and neglect is increasing, so it’s up to community members to do what we can to help kids without a voice, Amy Calder writes.
Who could have imagined cellphones becoming so pivotal?
Forty-four years ago, the first call was made from a portable, hand-held cellphone, a pivotal moment that has helped and complicated our lives in many ways, Amy Calder writes.
As winter ends, remember the magic
We tend to regard winter months as drudgery as we grow older, but the fun we remember from youth is a reminder that the season brings its own joys, Amy Calder writes.
Facebook ‘hacking’ raises web safety questions
From social media to emails and banking, a computer crimes expert says threats to personal information and identity abound and will only get more complicated, Amy Calder writes.
At 75th Waterville High reunion, memories of a lifetime
Dorothy Doucette, now 92, spoke of World War II and other things recently as she lunched with four fellow students from the Waterville High School Class of 1942, Amy Calder writes.