Reporting Aside: Homeless veteran, described as invaluable volunteer, suffers setback after Waterville tumble

Ryan Sirois, 39, was leaving the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen, where he's seen as vital to its operations, when he sustained serious injuries after falling from his bicycle, Amy Calder writes.

Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

The expiration of the federal child tax credit left American children behind last year. We should be way past scaremongering about ‘welfare’ and ‘generosity.’

Waterville-area aid groups gather to offer a hand up

About 60 community service organizations, including agencies that provide mental and physical health and substance abuse services, set up at Head of Falls in Waterville on Tuesday where many people sought help and received it.

Waterville man forced out of downtown apartment finds bed at homeless shelter

Kevin Horton, 64, lived in his apartment 25 years but the building is being sold and he was told he has to leave. He's been unable to find a new apartment.

Reporting Aside: Eviction notice means uncertain future for Waterville man

Kevin Horton, 64, who is physically and intellectually disabled, has lived in his apartment 25 years and has always paid his rent on time, but he got a notice 30 days ago that he has to leave, Amy Calder writes.

Reporting Aside: Waiting for breakfast and seeking opportunity

A group of homeless people who hang out near the old Waterville Boys and Girls Club on Main Place in Waterville, waiting for the nearby soup kitchen to open, say finding a place to live is difficult, and out of reach financially, Amy Calder writes.

Commentary: Expand Mainers’ eligibility for the Medicare Savings Program

There couldn’t be a better time to provide justice to the thousands of older Mainers now struggling to make ends meet.

Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers

Reporting Aside: Volunteers who give aid to others hope one day they’ll be ‘completely unnecessary’

A small group of people with the Greater Waterville Area Poverty Action Coalition/Poor People's Campaign staff a table each Friday in Waterville to provide basic necessities to those in need, Amy Calder writes.

Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?

The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.