J.P. Devine recalls hearing war stories from a grizzled old Marine before deciding to join the Air Force and chart his own course as a veteran whose beat still goes on.
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‘The Manchurian Candidate’ a must-see classic
“Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known.” “Manchurian Candidate.” In honoring the late, great Angelia Lansbury, the multi-talented actor who left us this month, Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, is offering on Nov. 6 “The Manchurian Candidate,” John Michael Frankenheimer’s 1962 political thriller. In Frankenheimer’s film, with screenplay […]
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On the edge: A ghost story
A tale from decades ago about a kiss and a slap on a rainy Halloween night in New York has J.P. Devine musing about mystery and paranoia.
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On the Edge: Where are the statues?
Waterville is looking more and more like a bustling city, but it’s lacking statues of iconic local personalities, J.P. Devine writes.
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‘Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy’ season 3 kicks off in Calabria
Tucci is back. Our beloved Stanley Tucci, beautifully dressed and tanned, is back on CNN in season 3 of his tours of his native Italy, and we’re happy to see him eating again. So far we’ve watched one of our favorite actors prowling the streets of, (let me check my notes, and there are pages […]
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On the Edge: Coffee in a cardboard cup
Pondering his relationship with coffee, J.P. Devine recalls the changing faces of those who serve and are now known as baristas.
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Shocking secrets revealed in ‘Lou’
You remember Allison Janney, of course, you do.