The 18 cases presented to the pardon board recently were felons’ presentations of life lessons painfully learned, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Demise of another historic institution
The closing of the Necco candy factory in Revere, Massachusetts, which had sweetened the lives of Americans through good times and bad for 171 years, provides cause for lament, writes J.P. Devine.
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Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Movie delivers civilizing message of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’
Rogers is shown in the movie to be a master of using goodness, kindness, and love to influence change.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: An anniversary waltz through Waterville
To put 34 years as residents of Waterville in perspective, J.P. Devine writes about how he and She came back East in 1984.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Climate roulette: We’re playing with dangerous odds
Facts from this summer indicate the roulette wheel ball is slowing down and getting ready to land just about anywhere but a lucky number for us, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State
Marathon movie experience at Maine International Film Festival
The 10 days served as a reminder of how special it is just going to the theater, Emily Higginbotham writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: Registered nurse offers hope to sufferers of postpartum depression
Amanda Brown has made the most of her own experience to help others deal with postpartum anxiety and depression.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
Perdido en America
The story of a migrant child’s days in detention reminds us that a child separated from his or her mother never forgets, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Old photos trace family history, tale of survival
Looking through photographic treasures is a reminder of good and bad times and the will of a family to carry on, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State
Amy Calder: Historian keeps memories of WWI soldiers from Skowhegan alive
Former high school history teacher David Harville details the stories of two Skowhegan men who fought and died in the Battle of Chateau-Thierry in France, one of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Force.