Amy Calder reflects on days when air conditioning was scarce and kids in school just suffered in the heat.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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J.P. Devine: August 1945, for three sisters the waiting is over
J.P. remembers waiting for Japan to surrender in 1945.
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Liz Soares: When we are Vacationland
There used to be a more intense animosity toward the summer folk, in the days when more Mainers were in the ‘have-not’ category, writes Liz Soares.
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J.P. Devine: A tale of ‘The Assisters,’ part one
J.P. Devine did some research into places called “assisted living” homes.
Posted inDana Wilde, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Dana Wilde: A spotted salamander
As humans tear up woods for development, salamanders and most amphibians are suffering severely from habitat loss and fragmentation, writes Dana Wilde.
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Amy Calder: Saying two goodbyes, back-to-back
Amy Calder muses about an imminent trip to Vermont, where she will attend two celebrations of life.
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J.P. Devine: The Days of the Dead
Hot summer days come with an eerie silence that remind J.P. Devine of Sundays in his early childhood in St. Louis.
Posted inColumns, Kennebec Journal, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: It’s hard to understand people who don’t embrace diversity
I was raised to be proud of my heritage, and took an interest in the ancestry of my friends, writes Liz Soares.
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Amy Calder: Beware the browntail moth
After having suffered from the browntail moth rash on her summer vacation, Amy Calder advises people to avoid it like the plague.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Dana Wilde: The moon one summer night
With the 50th anniversary of the landing next week, it seems like the future is all in the past, writes Dana Wilde.