After a fruitless effort to find a round post to fix a fence, Amy Calder and her husband wind up purchasing a whole new fence instead.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
J.P. Devine: Pondering the women running for president
The Waterville writer finds all of them to be scary, brilliant, neat, handsome, fierce, honest liberal Democrats with jaw-dropping, breathtaking life stories and political resumes, and each deserving of your vote should you choose to vote for them.
Dana Wilde: Maine’s fractal coast
Nature appears to be fractal through and through, mirroring itself at every turn and nook, writes Dana Wilde.
Amy Calder: Memories of the ’60s balm to the soul
As winter melts away, the sun climbs higher in the sky and the weight of bad news grows heavy, memories of an idyllic childhood in central Maine can warm the soul, writes Amy Calder.
J.P. Devine: It’s an Irish thing
Joe Biden, the hail fellow well met Irishman, strides along inhaling hair as his Democrat competitors nip at his heels and the Republicans sing hymns, writes J.P. Devine.
Liz Soares: Watching ‘Apollo 11’ brought moon landing memories back to life
I’ve gotten used to the fact that my childhood looks like it took place in another century, writes Liz Soares.
Amy Calder: Don’t leave kids alone in a vehicle
A man who left two girls unattended in an SUV in Waterville was reported to police.
J.P Devine: Ancient Chinese things are complicated
But that doesn’t mean things can’t work out for people born in a Year of the Pig and a Year of the Dog or for the Dog-born Trump either, writes J.P. Devine.
Dana Wilde: Environmental hell to pay
In case you’ve missed it, the Earth is currently undergoing the sixth mass extinction of life forms in the 3.5-billion-year history of life, writes Dana Wilde.
Video: At ‘He and She’ talk, the Devines entertain crowd at Colby College
J.P. Devine and Kay Joly Devine spoke before a crowd of 175 Tuesday at the Waterville college.