While the tornadoes get bigger and the wildfires burn, the politicians fiddle for money, writes Dana Wilde.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: Waterville woman ‘grateful to be alive’
Rebecca Nadeau, 38, lost both legs six months ago to what doctors diagnosed as compartment syndrome, but she is adjusting to her misfortune, looking forward and moving on.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: May Day 1952, the Movie
J.P. Devine writes about an occupier’s view of a Japanese riot, or how best to avoid the animosity of a mob and embrace the discretion of a big guy.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Simple things still count
When I perused the pile of cards sent to me by second-graders, I remembered there is good in the world, writes Liz Soares.
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Amy Calder: A sweet reunion
Waterville resident Tom Savinelli recalls being reunited with a woman whose life he and three other firefighters helped save 34 years ago in Connecticut when she was a toddler and fell into a swimming pool.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: The woman I’m calling today
No matter where he happened to be in his travels, J.P. Devine always had a bucketful of change to dump into a pay phone to call his mother on Mother’s Day.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Dana Wilde: Horseshoe crabs and the beginning of time
The earliest horseshoe crab fossil is about 445 million years old, which means they scuttled across the floors of Earth’s silent seas roughly 350 million years before any flower blossomed, writes Dana Wilde.
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Amy Calder: The joy of living uncomplicated lives
Clarence Spaulding, 77, and Vicky LaBrie, 76, talk about the past as they visit the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Everyone’s job is a temp job
And it may only last from day to day or hour to hour, but the memories can last a lifetime, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: The magic of the library
Today’s library is a place where people come together and interact, or just be themselves among others, writes Liz Soares.