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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Reporting Aside: Space shuttle tragedy continues to reverberate 37 years later
Christa McAuliffe was 37 and a popular teacher from New Hampshire when she and six others died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2023
Reporting Aside: Waterville arts center an enduring legacy of benefactor with ‘disruptive ideas’
It was important to Paul J. Schupf that Waterville have an arts center in the heart of the city that is accessible to all, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2023
Reporting Aside: Behold the perfection that is the Maine potato
After two or three days of eating poorly, all it takes to feel better again is to consume a hot Maine potato, mashed, dabbed with butter and salt-and-peppered, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
Reporting Aside: ‘Devastation visible everywhere’
Covering the ice storm of 1998 in the Waterville area seemed like being a war zone, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2022
Reporting Aside: Woman’s plight an example of psychiatric health care crisis in Maine
A clinical psychologist who's treating a psychotic, suicidal woman with leukemia stuck for weeks in a hospital emergency department says the state must expand existing psychiatric resources or build new, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2022
Reporting Aside: Yes, there’s much that first must be done, but then let’s savor the holiday season
There are cards to write, cookies to bake and presents to wrap, but then the stress seems to fall away and we're embraced by the joy of the Christmas season, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2022
Reporting Aside: Change in direction gives Waterville’s downtown a whole new look
Motorists get a fresh perspective of downtown Waterville with the new traffic pattern that allows for two-way traffic on Main and Front streets, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2022
Reporting Aside: She fled Ukraine with only her cat and now just wants a work permit for Christmas
An English teacher and editor, Kristina Kovynieva, 29, fled her Ukraine home when the Russians attacked, eventually winding up at an Oakland home where she is acclimating to life in the U.S. with a host family, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2022
Reporting Aside: Man remains thankful through the slings and arrows of life
Scott Canney had a difficult upbring and lives now at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville, but he says he's "thankful for being alive" and next week will join friends for Thanksgiving dinner at The Lighthouse, a nearby soup kitchen, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2022
Reporting Aside: Waterville man carves out a little spot of heaven in the South End
Peter Gregory, 58, didn't have much to eat while growing up, but his makeshift garden now provides plenty for him, and some wildlife, too, Amy Calder writes.
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