The Waterville Police Department’s Operation HOPE program helps people addicted to opioids get into treatment facilities, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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J.P. Devine: A Christmas story about acting and dying
The former Hollywood actor recounts a role from the 1960’s era show “Twelve O’Clock High,” in which he played a pilot who was shot down in a bomber and killed two days before Christmas.
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Liz Soares: Virtual experiences creating unreality
The art of living in the real, bricks-and-mortar world is not coming naturally to our young people, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: ‘Bicycle man’ working to help people
Douglas Whitney, 50, of Waterville, corrals and fixes stray bicycles, then sells or donates them to people who don’t have one, writes Amy Calder.
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J.P. Devine: What? Me worry?
A theory about a holy star really being a meteor has J.P. Devine worrying about a large rock now hurtling toward Earth.
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Dana Wilde: A wolf in the wild
Of Farmington resident Phil Poirier’s thoughtful camping stories, the story about a Canadian expedition was one to share with readers, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: An extraordinary Christmas gift
Travis Conway, 40, got a new heart when he was 13 and now has a new kidney, thanks to a former classmate who donated one to a kidney bank so he could receive one that was a match.
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J.P. Devine: Pick your pic
When our time to die comes, J.P. Devine wonders, will others remember you and what photos will they see?
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Maine Nice is a real thing
In the car, Mainers may be turning meaner. But on foot, we are still nice, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Amy Calder: Sharing stories through music
Violist Hye Min Choi, 36, occasionally performs with the Colby Symphony Orchestra in Waterville, when she is not teaching at Boston University School of Music.