Amy Calder
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    July 2, 2021

    Amy Calder: This July 4 holds extra meaning

    As we share food and friendship this holiday weekend, we will be extra aware of our newfound freedom after a year of isolation, Amy Calder writes.

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    June 25, 2021

    Amy Calder: When a pet is injured

    When our pets become injured or sick, we feel as bad as if they are human, Amy Calder writes.

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    June 18, 2021

    Amy Calder: Every day was father’s day

    Her father taught her many things, but one of the most important was how to plant, tend and harvest a vegetable garden, Amy Calder writes.

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    June 11, 2021

    Amy Calder: Nature and her nasty tricks

    We've got ticks, coronavirus, browntail moths and now, a weird substance on Maine beaches that cause our feet to turn black, Amy Calder writes.

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    June 4, 2021

    Amy Calder: Bossov Ballet Theatre a treasure

    If ever there were a more deserving recipient of a new performing arts center, it is the Bossov Ballet Theatre at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Amy Calder writes.

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    May 28, 2021

    Amy Calder: Beautiful lives, cut short

    Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee was a valued and well-loved colleague whose life ended too soon when she and her granddaughter and best friend were killed while walking along a road in Augusta, Amy Calder writes.

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    May 21, 2021

    Amy Calder: A life-changing journey

    Jonathan McGonagle, 36, of Portland and fellow cyclist Nick Grisi, 40, of New Jersey stopped Tuesday to visit a longtime family friend in Waterville after bicycling from California to Florida and then up the East Coast to Maine.

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    May 14, 2021

    Amy Calder: Victims of a tight housing market

    Isreal and Desiree Mosley and their two children have been looking to move into a better apartment in Waterville, but they are being priced out of a tight housing market, Amy Calder writes.

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    May 7, 2021

    Amy Calder: An extraordinary letter and a gift

    A recent letter from a generous, unidentified reader resulted in a donation to charity, Amy Calder writes.

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    April 30, 2021

    Amy Calder: Her whole life ahead of her

    Meghan Linehan, 26, a reader, writer, lover of horror, Gothic horror and the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville, is an engaging conversationalist, Amy Calder writes.