We should take what steps we can, no matter how small, to help make the world a better place in 2025, Amy Calder writes.
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The gift of giving is the best gift of all
Having the privilege of handing out $100 bills to deserving strangers just before Christmas and seeing their reactions was more heartwarming than receiving any physical gift, Amy Calder writes.
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Continuing a legacy, for children’s sake
Reporting Aside: While organizing a back room of her home with a friend recently, Sara Delgado Languet of Belgrade discovered they share a special connection to the Maine Children’s Home in Waterville.
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Former Waterville mayor sells cookbooks to help soup kitchen
Reporting Aside: Tom Nale of Waterville created a cookbook featuring his mother’s Middle Eastern cuisine recipes and is giving all the proceeds to the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen.
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Reporting Aside: Embracing the holiday season
Remember to slow down and embrace the holidays, as they are fleeting, Amy Calder writes.
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Reporting Aside: Front & Main chef leaves Waterville with a gift
The executive chef at a Waterville restaurant who is moving out of state wanted to leave a “parting gift” — one that was key to his own survival while growing up, Amy Calder writes.
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Reporting Aside: Fruitful Thanksgivings of the past
In the 1960s, we enjoyed family Thanksgivings that nourished body, mind and soul, Amy Calder writes.
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Reporting Aside: A passion for preserving family history in Winslow
Volunteers helped move 348 boxes of books and other items Wednesday from the Taconnet Falls Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Lithgow Street in Winslow to a temporary donated space at the former St. John Catholic School about a mile away.
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Reporting Aside: Helping people stay warm in their homes
WindowDressers, a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization that builds insulating window inserts for homes in New England, was working in full force this week in Waterville.
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Reporting Aside: For the love of Christmas trees
Cornville tree grower Matthew Quinn won third place overall in the People’s Choice Awards category for his balsam-Fraser hybrid at the Fryeburg Fair’s Christmas tree competition, and it will be displayed with two other winning trees at the Blaine House this holiday season.