Lorelei Kelley’s home town in Florida suffered a devastating hit from Hurricane Michael, and now the mother of three is organizing a relief effort to help out, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Frequent Waterville volunteer speaks out against bullying
Scott McAdoo reveals his own experiences with bullying and how demeaning it can be, but he didn’t cave into it, and his public service has given him the courage to address it, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Those fruits of the earth that bring culinary delights
While store-bought snowballs, devil dogs and creme pastries were childhood delights that lost their luster, home-baked apple pie, applesauce cake and apple crisp came with flavor, ingenuity and love.
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Amy Calder: Kindness fulfills tree house promise to 8-year-old
When lung cancer took Nina Rose Mitchell’s father, his pledge to build her a tree house fell to a contractor salesman and a carpenter who thought she was a sweetheart.
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Amy Calder: Governor’s Board of Executive Clemency hears litany of life lessons
The 18 cases presented to the pardon board recently were felons’ presentations of life lessons painfully learned, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Registered nurse offers hope to sufferers of postpartum depression
Amanda Brown has made the most of her own experience to help others deal with postpartum anxiety and depression.
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Amy Calder: Historian keeps memories of WWI soldiers from Skowhegan alive
Former high school history teacher David Harville details the stories of two Skowhegan men who fought and died in the Battle of Chateau-Thierry in France, one of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Force.
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Amy Calder: Waterville couple makes hospice work a model of compassion
Luxy and Marie LeClair devote hours on end volunteering to support families in need, including stocking the service’s resale shop, which funds its work.
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Amy Calder: The past will seem like yesterday when bonds of love are renewed
The passing of a friend’s mother will bring our families back together, awaken memories, and renew friendship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Behind the scenes with police dispatchers
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.