Now retired as a librarian, Liz Soares finds herself leaving behind “professional reading” all the time in favor of books solely for her own pleasure and curiosity.
Scott Monroe
Posted inBusiness, Word on the Street
Freedom General Store closing down
The Waldo County store plans to sell off its inventory with 50% reduced prices before closing down, according to a Facebook post.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: The Tinsel
Recalling how his brother Kermit loved tinsel, J.P. Devine hears whispers of the past.
Posted inOpinion
Tell Us: Should the state seek local approval for solar projects at interstate exits?
Tell us what you think.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
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.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
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.
Posted inMaine
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.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
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.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
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.