Amy Calder: Lightening the load

Columns

Published
October 14, 2019

Amy Calder: Lightening the load

Having a lawn sale is a great way to get rid of stuff and share old treasures, Amy Calder writes.
Published
October 13, 2019

J.P. Devine: Cristoforo, we hardly knew ye

Controversies over Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day are divisive and clumsy choices, J.P. Devine writes, so how about Amerigo Vespucci Day?
Published
October 9, 2019

Dana Wilde: The tough little hummingbirds

Although nearly 10% of other hummingbird species worldwide are threatened with extinction, ruby-throats are not, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
October 7, 2019

Amy Calder: More odd road names

Amy Calder shares emails she received from readers about last week's column on quirky street names, offering more odd ones.
Published
October 6, 2019

J.P. Devine: Darkness at noon, October on the move

The end of summer is usually brutal, but the change leaves us with the sweetest month of autumn, J.P. Devine writes.
Published
October 2, 2019

Liz Soares: History to soothe the soul

History has always provided solace for me, writes Liz Soares.
Published
September 30, 2019

Amy Calder: There are a lot of odd, quirky, peculiar road names

Central Maine is home to lots of unusual street and road names, but the town of Skowhegan takes the cake for the most whimsical, columnist Amy Calder writes.
Published
September 29, 2019

J.P. Devine: The best man for the job in 2020 is gay

Harvard and Oxford educated, a former U.S. Navy officer, married to a teacher, multilingual and mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg will never be president, J.P. Devine laments, because he's gay.
Published
September 25, 2019

Dana Wilde: An inconvenient truth about firewood — we need to burn less

If there are steps you can take to cut back wood and oil burning at your house, writes Dana Wilde, you need to take them.
Published
September 23, 2019

Amy Calder: Living life on his own terms

Gerry Jacques, 86, of Waterville, is a U.S. Navy veteran who built houses all his life and lives alone in retirement.