The remains of Ensign Stanley Willis Allen, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was buried with full military honors on Tuesday at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Photos are by Kennebec Journal photographer Ashley Allen.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Me, She and the ginkgo tree
Mulling how he’d like his cremated remains in a BioUrn, J.P. Devine settles on the tree he wants to help grow.
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Tell Us: Do you agree with the new Maine law expanding abortion access?
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Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Earthworms and slugs
A discovery during a backyard expedition turns up squirming and unfamiliar things, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: George Washington slept here?
J.P. Devine weaves a tale of a lonely bed embracing new dreamers.
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Tell Us: Do you plan to attend the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville?
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Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio can be a magical backdrop to life’s mundane activities, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Where’s your hat?
As the Fourth of July approaches, J.P. Devine is thinking about the “holiday wardrobes” of yesteryear.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: The ovenbird and the midsummer flowers
Dana Wilde ponders nature’s many announcements that spring is subsiding and summer is rolling over lazily toward autumn.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Prince of Darkness vs. The Donald
J.P. Devine imagine a mysterious figure sweeping into a courtroom in an ankle-length black cape and fedora, holding a carved walking stick.