Recalling how his brother Kermit loved tinsel, J.P. Devine hears whispers of the past.
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Backyard Naturalist: Letter from the future
Imagining his grandson three decades from now, Dana Wilde ponders the mess we’re making of the environment and why we allow it to happen for future generations when we know what we’re doing.
On the Edge: Santa Claus is coming
Christmas memories and a surprise spring forth from a box containing yellowing songbooks with the “standards,” J.P. Devine writes.
Photos: Homeless people in central Maine brave the elements
The Sun Journal and Kennebec Journal captured views of homeless people as winter sets in across the region.
Thinking Things Through: The way we are now
Readjusting to life in public settings, Liz Soares ponders the way we are now in a state of somewhere between observant and on edge.
Police: Whitefield couple charged in separate cases involving market burglary, gun threat
Rylie Cowette and Casey D’Orio, both 19, were arrested Friday after deputies searched their home on Beech Lane, officials say.
On the Edge: The cutting of the ribbons
Ribbon-cutting ceremonies are a reminder of the happy, bright future ahead for the living, as well as the shadows of the past, J.P. Devine writes.
Backyard Naturalist: November notes
From an apparition of August to crusty snow and brumal cold, the month of November revealed a season changing and a sense that time is standing still, Dana Wilde writes.