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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Reporting Aside: One man’s kind gesture has uplifting effect
Debra Brown's opinion of people changed recently when Manny Price found her wallet in a Waterville parking lot, with a few hundred dollars inside, and took the time to return it to her, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJune 2, 2023
Reporting Aside: Graduates, want some unsolicited advice? Yes, yes you do.
Work hard but be lazy, earn money but occasionally splurge, sleep long, eat well and spend time with old people, Amy Calder advises high school graduates.
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PublishedMay 26, 2023
Reporting Aside: Closing of Waterville grocery store is ‘going to hurt,’ employee says
Workers at Save A Lot on The Concourse in downtown Waterville will lose their jobs when the store closes for good Thursday, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedMay 19, 2023
Reporting Aside: Cafe that’s been a fixture of the Waterville community to close
Jorgensen's Cafe and Deli owner Theresa Dunn, who has owned the cafe since 2017 and worked for all four of its owners before that, plans to close the business around June 1, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
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.
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PublishedMay 5, 2023
Reporting Aside: Inch by inch, row by row, a small group makes community grow
Steven Jones, who owns Fieldstone Gardens in Vassalboro, was joined this week by two of his employees at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville to bring some color to the garden beds, and to the lives of passersby, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedApril 28, 2023
Reporting Aside: Enter the browntail moth
The city of Waterville, with help from Colby College professor and city Councilor Thomas Klepach, is working hard to alleviate the impact of browntail moths, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedApril 21, 2023
Reporting Aside: Woman scours internet to find belongings removed from Skowhegan storage unit
Kate Orso, 68, is frantically searching for her possessions that were sold, unbeknownst to her, from the storage unit she rented, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedApril 14, 2023
Reporting Aside: With a shoestring budget and plenty of elbow grease, group looks to make Waterville shine
Volunteers turned out recently to help the nonprofit Waterville Community Land Trust erect a gazebo at the park and community garden it built on Water Street in the city's South End, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
Reporting Aside: Move along, April, you fickle month
As Robert Frost penned in his poem "Two Tramps in Mud Time," April has a habit of taking us a step into summer and then two back into winter, Amy Calder writes.
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