Although nearly 10% of other hummingbird species worldwide are threatened with extinction, ruby-throats are not, writes Dana Wilde.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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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.
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Liz Soares: History to soothe the soul
History has always provided solace for me, writes Liz Soares.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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J.P. Devine: The light in Joe’s eyes
Joe Biden’s Irish eyes dimmed as he took a beating at the Democrats’ most recent presidential debates, a sign of old age and getting tired, J.P. Devine writes.
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Liz Soares: The library is a place for you
I want those who are going into the trades, the military or the workforce to know that libraries are their lifelong friends, writes Liz Soares.