J.P. Devine says he’s been struggling with his role as court jester amid recent events, but he’ll persist until the meteor hits.
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People, pets rescued as early Monday morning fire razes Waterville home
The blaze inflicted “extensive damage” on the King Court home in the South End, and a car parked close to the building was also damaged, officials said.
J.P. Devine: The end is near?
A cold wind is blowing and Starbucks is closed, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine: The piano and me
Playing Cole Porter’s “Every time We Say Goodbye” on the ivory keys has J.P. Devine hopeful that it’s the start of a glorious New Year.
Dana Wilde: A winter barometer
Winter is changing, and so are Mainers as we come to grips with that reality, Dana Wilde writes.
Photos: Delta Ambulance workers in Waterville receive COVID-19 vaccinations
Photographer Michael G. Seamans documents the Moderna vaccine being administered to local ambulance workers Wednesday morning amid surging cases of coronavirus in Maine and across the country.
J.P. Devine: The lady in white
This Christmas, as thousands of nurses and doctors in blue scrubs hold the hands of the millions of the dying, J.P. Devine is thinking of his mother in her starched white dress and cap, bringing a cupcake home.
J.P. Devine: How to be funny during dark times
It’s really hard to stand in the light when so many are in the dark, to be funny when so many are crying, but J.P. Devine had early training.
Dana Wilde: There’s always ground cover
If the atmosphere continues to heat up, it may not be snowing much in the Northeast in the next century, Dana Wilde writes.
J.P. Devine: Three souls in the dark
J.P. Devine is keeping the candles in his windows lit just in case a family might be walking by looking for a safe warm place to sleep.