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Amy Calder
  • Published
    March 1, 2015

    Optician has eye for good health

    Ash Hekmat walks four to six miles a day and finds walking in the winter not only exhilarating, but liberating, writes Amy Calder.

  • Published
    February 22, 2015

    How high is the snow on your roof?

    A hardly used $63 roof rake will take care of it if you have a mind to make the climb, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    February 15, 2015

    Snowy, cold and proud

    A winter jaunt to warmer climate is nice, but Maine's varying seasons give us character, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    February 8, 2015

    Oakland couple credits family for 71 years of bliss

    Bud and Josephine King met on a blind date in 1940, and say marriage is a give and take proposition.

  • Published
    February 1, 2015

    Let there be light — in my house

    The most beautiful room in the world is nothing without proper light, Amy Calder writes.

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  • Published
    January 25, 2015

    Hearing test saved man’s life

    After his girlfriend insisted he get his hearing tested, former Waterville resident Daren Meader learned he had a brain tumor his doctor said would have eventually killed him if it hadn't been removed.

  • Published
    January 18, 2015

    Experience teaches future firefighters

    Mid-Maine Tech students learn first hand from seasoned firefighting veterans, including a survivor of the horrors of the World Trade Center attack, Amy Calder writes.

  • Published
    January 11, 2015

    One lucky day for the mice man

    Good fortune comes to man whose mice story reflects character, writes Amy Calder.

  • Published
    December 7, 2014

    A Christmas reminder

    The grueling battle to get the lights strung on the Christmas tree is forgotten from one year to the next, so a "how-to" note works wonders.

  • Published
    November 30, 2014

    Skowhegan winters of old were cold, exhausting and fun

    Winter snow piled in rural fields made for long days of cold, hard play, Amy Calder writes.