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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.

The city of Waterville, with help from Colby College professor and city Councilor Thomas Klepach, are working hard to alleviate the impact of browntail moth, Amy Calder writes.

Kate Orso, 68, is frantically searching for her possessions that were sold, unbeknownst to her, from the storage unit she rented, Amy Calder writes.

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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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.

Amy Calder reminisces about North Elementary School in Skowhegan which she attended from kindergarten through grade four and which is second in priority on the state's list of schools to be replaced.

North Elementary School will be razed to make way for a new building, but on one day this week the community held fast to its bubbles, Amy Calder writes.

Brenda Whitney gets joy from helping others, without looking for thank-yous, Amy Calder writes.

When Vaughan Orchard's schizophrenia took over his life, a family and a man were left behind, writes Amy Calder.