As humans tear up woods for development, salamanders and most amphibians are suffering severely from habitat loss and fragmentation, writes Dana Wilde.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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J.P. Devine: Include me out of hotel stay
Travel is a nightmare, and hotels are the monsters in those bad dreams, J.P. Devine writes.
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Liz Soares: Fourth of July meant for celebrating
But the holiday is also a good time to reflect on how fragile our freedoms are, writes Liz Soares.
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Amy Calder: Reassessing our beliefs, as July 4 nears
Amy Calder asks those with hard-held views on immigration to consider from whence they came, as the U.S. is about to celebrate the anniversary of its independence from Britain.
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J.P. Devine: The tie’s the thing that’s telling about a candidate
J.P. Devine takes a gander at the neckwear of the current crop of male presidential candidates, but as yet finds no bolo ties.