After making the switch to natural gas, Amy Calder reaffirms her trust in reliable wood heat for a back-up system.
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Reporting Aside: Waterville students complete onion mission
Hall School fifth-graders spent a day sharing the hundreds of pounds of onions they received from donors after the theft of onions from a garden the students planted.
Amy Calder: Club inspires others to become sober
Newly formed Kennebec Club in the basement of The Center in downtown Waterville aims to be a safe, supportive environment for those recovering from addiction, Amy Calder writes.
Reporting Aside: Waterville students ‘very sad’ their onions were stolen
Albert S. Hall School fifth graders were set to harvest 100 onions they grew for the homeless shelter and school, only to find them gone.
As summer ends, another transition begins
Beginnings and endings — they serve to tip a person off balance and produce a sense of apprehension.
Fairfield teen headed to Taiwan
Brianna Counts finished two years of high school in a year, studied French, Spanish and German and has flown to Taiwan for a year to learn Chinese.
The curative magic of vacations
Banish the cleaning, the weeding, the painting and put your feet up and smell the roses.
Boule and baubles
Amy Calder describes side-by-side stores that Adrian and Nicole Sulea have opened in Waterville.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed? See Vern Burke
Amy Calder finds the well-traveled Skowhegan entrepreneur insightful about all things tool-related and happy to be his own boss.
Whose rights count, animals or humans?
As the great Oakland Goose Debate makes clear, sometimes people and critters just can’t co-exist, writes Amy Calder.