A momentous school year left a lasting impression and questions about what was happening to the world, Liz Soares writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Op-Eds
Amy Calder: Where do you start when you’re down and out?
Although Clifford Perkins works hard, he leaves when he gets stressed out and now sleeps in the woods at Head of Falls; but he does know the first thing he needs: insurance, writes Amy Calder.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Once upon a garden that reverted to the yard
Enemy country now, loaded with ticks, not to mention legions of mosquitoes, surrendered now to nocturnal denizens, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
A diary of spring 2018
From 7-foot high snowbanks to dandelions, the slow dawning of spring has come after a paralyzing winter, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State, Schools and Education
Revival of Waterville’s Panther Post deviates refreshingly from trend of student newspapers’ disappearance
Student newspapers provide an important service — and we should support them, Emily Higginbotham writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State
Amy Calder: The odd dynamics of an interview with Bill Cosby
While the comedian was talkative enough, he talked about what he wanted to talk about, whether it had any relation to what I was asking or not, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Battle cries and brouhaha
With no deployment of Maine guardsmen to the southern border and 45 set to visit Korea for a bite of kimchee, J.P. Devine writes he is deeply disappointed that we’re left to defend the border alone.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State, Opinion
Liz Soares: Skeptical reactions, popular opinion at issue in manhunt response
If Cpl. Eugene Cole’s alleged murderer did what he is accused of doing, there should be no sympathy for him, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: Never too old for hopes and dreams
Sometimes prodding from a youthful colleague is just the ticket to writing a column — and coming up with a list to check off in the future.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Leaving me flowers after my procedure? Ask for Loretta
A natural fear of hospitals, a wary eye toward contracting infection on visits, a liking for leftover hospital food? Despite these, J.P. Devine writes that his procedure will be like popping into Starbucks for a latte.