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Malcolm Porter and David Spinney-Porter offer up herbal incense, tea, gifts, candy — and now fudge — at their specialty store, Incense & Peppermints, in downtown Waterville, Amy Calder writes.

Organizations like Somerset Woods Trustees, which acquire, maintain and manage land of natural or cultural significance for the benefit of the public, are to be lauded, Amy Calder writes.

Greg LeClair, 26, founded Maine Big Night, a citizen-based science program that collects data on amphibian road crossings and deaths and seeks to find solutions to wildlife conservation, Amy Calder writes.

Billy Demo and Harold Haskins, longtime Skowhegan neighbors and Vietnam veterans, died within two weeks of each other, with more experiences in common than their families knew, Amy Calder writes.

Colby College seniors Charlie Jodka and Quinn Burke filmed a documentary of Waterville's South End after becoming fascinated with the neighborhood and its people when they volunteered there during a cleanup day last year.

Willie Grenier, 75, of Waterville, loves to fish for shad in the river and teach people about fishing and river ecology, Amy Calder writes.

Luke Witham will graduate next week from the college with a bachelor's degree in secondary education, but what is atypical is that he has already been teaching high school for all four years of his college experience, Amy Calder writes.

Having the ability to experience anticipation, no matter how small or simple the wish or want, should be something everyone regularly enjoys, Amy Calder writes.

One of three homeless men sitting this week on the riverbank in Waterville said being without a home in summer is OK, but in winter 'it's rough and it's cold,' Amy Calder writes.

Stone Soup Cafe, a free, sit-down meal program in Winslow operated by Starfish Village, feeds not only the stomach but also the spirit, Amy Calder writes.