The first “first responders,” the men and women who take the calls, collect vital information that police and firefighters deal with, from whether a threatening spouse is armed or intoxicated to the details of a woman giving birth.
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The stranger on the cold streets of Boston
You just never know who you might bump into from far away and impossibly long ago, writes J.P. Devine.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Good luck can come with some bad guilt
While reports of privation pour in as they did during the Ice Storm of 1998, some people have all the luck, writes Amy Calder.
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Wanted: Volunteer trail builders
With an Americorps team unexpectedly diverted to help out with hurricane cleanup, the effort to expand the Waterville area’s trail system may have to be homegrown, writes Amy Calder.
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16 years ago today: September 11, 2001
Recalling where we were and what we witnessed reminds us of what we need to do to survive, writes Amy Calder.
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Senior Gathering beats loneliness
Seniors find friends at events held by UMaine Cooperative Extension in Skowhegan, Canaan, Smithfield and Madison, Amy Calder writes.
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At Waterville riverfront park, painful pasts drive hope for better times
Patrick Lavoie and others say they look out for each other and the tranquility of the Waterville park, Amy Calder writes.
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Column: Sessions misleads on civil rights record
The attorney general nominee is no champion, despite his claims.