Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Amy Calder: Feeding the hungry during a pandemic
Rita LaCroix, owner of Rita’s House of Pizza in Winslow and Rita’s Catering in Waterville, has been feeding those in need the last two months.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Hollywood’
“Hollywood” stacks the deck with lurid leers and lots of gay and straight muted sex scenes, but in the end, it’s Patti LuPone and Dylan McDermott who offer the biggest surprises and most fun,” J.P. Devine writes.
Liz Soares: Standing up for what’s right
Wearing a mask in a pandemic is just as important to public health as people wearing shoes in places where food is served, writes Liz Soares.
J.P. Devine: A story of decline
The Waterville writer is ready for a surreal voyage along with his guide, Capt. Kurtz, into the heart of semi-darkness.
Amy Calder: Living creatively, in a pandemic
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is how to be creative and never give up, writes Amy Calder.
Dana Wilde: The best of the worst climate change cases
While the coronavirus has your attention, a more catastrophic threat to the human race — climate change — continues to boil along in the background, writes Dana Wilde.
J.P. Devine: Ghost light and other stories
J.P. Devine plans to buy a small ghost light to put in his window to remind him of what, and whom, he’s lost.
Amy Calder: Students spend emotional last moments before leaving school for good
Fifth graders, teachers get a last look at each other at the Albert S. Hall School in Waterville as students pick up their belongings and move on to the junior high next year.