Under the emergency order, state officials are restricting the movement of ash trees, green ash waste, ash firewood ‘and any other materials that may be a means of emerald ash borer transportation.’
Scott Monroe
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Auroras in spring
Auroras have fascinating scientific explanation but offer the feeling of stupendous transparent beauty that touches the northern sky of your soul, Dana Wilde writes.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Apocalypse Now
Waiting for the white apocalypse, J.P. Devine recalls the romance of moving to Maine all those years ago.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Climate change reports
Discouraging facts from a new climate change report come even as some readers are environmentally undaunted, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: A family tradition
Recalling his Irish roots, J.P. Devine reflects on the melting pot of his own family experience.
Posted inMaine
Photos: Jazz band students perform at Gardiner school
The rehearsals took place Friday at Gardiner Area High School. Photos by Kennebec Journal staff photographer Joe Phelan.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Basic context often missing from Facebook posts
Scrolling through her Facebook feed, Liz Soares often yearns for friends to provide more information about the photos they’re posting.
Posted inFeature Obituary, Maine, Schools and Education
William R. Cotter, longest-serving Colby College president, dies at 87
Cotter served for 21 years as president of the Waterville college, which said he guided Colby “through a period of brisk growth and lasting institutional change.”
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: What a drag
A history lesson on the term “drag” brings us back to men appearing in women’s clothing in Shakespeare’s plays, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Waterville man charged with reckless conduct after gunshots fired at Colby College campus apartments
Andrew Gifford, 24, was charged by police in connection with the early Saturday morning incident at the Alfond Apartments at Colby.