J.P. Devine: What we talk about now

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Published
February 16, 2020

J.P. Devine: What we talk about now

Around us now are empty chairs once filled with those who shared our talk, touched our pained hands, felt our fears and laughed with us, and we discover the memory of them gives us more to talk about, J.P. Devine writes.
Published
February 14, 2020

Amy Calder: The ‘Iceman’ is a role model of the finest kind

Bert Languet has for years volunteered time and funds to develop recreational facilities for children and adults, with the latest being an ice skating rink next to City Hall in Waterville.
Published
February 12, 2020

Dana Wilde: Removing the scorpion-like beast from the bathroom sink

Commonly known as a house pseudoscorpion, aka Chelifer cancroides, these tiny creatures are sometimes known as book scorpions or false scorpions because they’re arachnids, Dana Wilde writes.
Published
February 9, 2020

J.P. Devine: Mr. Isgro goes to Washington

Shocked at the paltry prices for breakfast, lunch and dinner, J.P. Devine suggests the next time the city's mayor should "GO before you go" when visiting the nation's capital.
Published
February 7, 2020

Amy Calder: Valentine’s Day, 1960s style

Attending a school Valentine's Day party 50-plus years ago meant creating a fancy box at home and bringing it to class to be placed on display in a contest for most the most beautiful box judged by the teacher, Amy Calder writes.
Published
February 6, 2020

J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘1917’

The entire cast, British to a man (and one woman) are without fault, J.P. Devine writes.
Published
February 5, 2020

Liz Soares: My mother’s faith

A recently discovered declaration shined a light on my mother's faith and made me revisit her day-to-day beliefs, writes Liz Soares.
Published
February 2, 2020

J.P. Devine: 2020, a chair odyssey

The sleek, gray, maybe mauve stairlift chair has arrived in the Devine household, signaling a journey into the capricious and unknown future.
Published
January 31, 2020

Amy Calder: If MOMA doesn’t want it, we’ll take it

"Christina's World," the Andrew Wyeth painting the Museum of Modern Art in New York City placed in storage, ought to be in Maine, Amy Calder writes.
Published
January 29, 2020

Dana Wilde: Trees in winter sleep deeply, but life is stirring

Trees seem to have a disposition in their bones, as it were, to cooperate with winter, writes Dana Wilde.