Reporting Aside: Tom Nale of Waterville created a cookbook featuring his mother’s Middle Eastern cuisine recipes and is giving all the proceeds to the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen.
Amy Calder
Reporting Aside: Embracing the holiday season
Remember to slow down and embrace the holidays, as they are fleeting, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: Front & Main chef leaves Waterville with a gift
The executive chef at a Waterville restaurant who is moving out of state wanted to leave a “parting gift” — one that was key to his own survival while growing up, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: Fruitful Thanksgivings of the past
In the 1960s, we enjoyed family Thanksgivings that nourished body, mind and soul, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: A passion for preserving family history in Winslow
Volunteers helped move 348 boxes of books and other items Wednesday from the Taconnet Falls Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Lithgow Street in Winslow to a temporary donated space at the former St. John Catholic School about a mile away.
Reporting Aside: How will central Mainers vote?
A quick polling of Waterville area residents about who they plan to vote for for president garnered an eclectic set of answers, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: The season of change
The onset of autumn brings opportunity to enjoy the sounds and scents of seasonal change, and to exercise our right to vote in what may be the most consequential presidential election of our lifetimes, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: Waterville elevator operator a rare breed
Jason Begin is one of only a few elevator operators in the country, working out of the Cyr Block Professional Building on Main Street in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: Preparing for the inevitable
No place is immune from severe weather events that can destroy communities, and we must heed the advice of climate experts and prepare, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: Memories of Skowhegan’s ‘dairy treat’
While much changed around the Island Dairy Treat in Skowhegan during the 72 seasons it was in business, the ice cream stand soldiered on as a tradition that brought much joy to longtime residents and customers, Amy Calder writes.