Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
On the Edge: Election 2024, here we go
J.P. Devine runs through the playbill of the election and sees powerful change on the stage.
Reporting Aside: Waterville woman left a legacy of goodwill
Joan Phillips-Sandy, longtime Waterville lawyer, school board chairwoman and community servant, died much too young at age 78, Amy Calder writes.
Backyard Naturalist: The presence of absence
‘(The phoebes’) absence is hard to describe,’ writes Dana Wilde.
On the Edge: Waiting …
The love of his life gone, he holds the last paragraph of their love story in his heart, J.P. Devine writes.
Thinking Things Through: Why would you go anywhere other than Maine for summer vacation?
A staycation makes this Mainer feel relaxed and renewed, Liz Soares writes. Isn’t that what we all want?
On the Edge: The last time they saw Paris
J.P. Devine imagines the spirits of Paul Gauguin, the deceased French painter, and Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch impressionist, sitting at a table at Maison Rose Café in Paris.