While Oprah has had people talking, Republicans and Democrats in Maine have been grooming women to run for office, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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J.P. Devine: H2N3 and the usual suspects
It’s everywhere, and all it takes is a touch of a hand from a smiling clerk or a sweet innocent to catch — yes, that’s right — the flu, writes J.P. Devine.
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Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Dana Wilde: Changes in the Maine woods?
Observations of black flies, deer ticks and dragonflies as well as research have led a state entomologist to call for an insect inventory, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: In these times Robert Frost’s voice resonates
In a world seemingly gone mad, the New Hampshire poet’s works seem more and more prescient and foreboding, writes Amy Calder.
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J.P. Devine: I’ve been colder
In a train yard near Lake Michigan, waiting for a bus in Manhattan, on guard duty in Texas, but never cold and afraid like the other day at 5 in the morning, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Life lessons on bigotry and hate
I do not want to be judged on superficialities, and I have refused to judge others in that way, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Two election colluders from Russia
Agent Mishka, who sounds a lot like J.P. Devine, talks with a fellow colluder in Hollywood about how well he’s settled into his niche in Waterville.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Dana Wilde: A view for the larger things in life
In line with Thoreau and other romantics, backyard naturalists glimpse matters on a different scale not to be confused with dementia, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State
Amy Calder: Birds forsaking feeders, finding plenty of natural food
If birds are not flocking to the feeder on the porch, it’s because they are finding nourishment in the wild, writes Amy Calder.
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Amy Calder: Waterville shelter support gives woman a hand up
When one woman puts her life in perspective and tells her story, it can lead to a connection that will change her life, writes Amy Calder.