Cold is coming to stay for what will seem like a lifetime, writes Dana Wilde.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Amy Calder: Watch out for the deer
After colliding with a deer on Interstate 95 at peak season for such incidents, Amy Calder finds that such accidents in Maine are counted in the thousands and that it’s good to be alive.
Our 57th Christmas tree and other stories
Loving April with lights in her hair in Cleveland and a memorable first night in a New York apartment lead up to promises to a Bloomingdale’s associate and the necessity to move a chair for a Christmas tree, writes J.P. Devine.
Having your warm weather and eating it too
It used to be that snowfall measured in multiple inches could be expected in November, but that’s not true anymore, writes Dana Wilde.
My grandmother’s unused china weighs heavy with memory
A set of Currier & Ives dishes held a spot in my parents’ house for a long time until they finally came into my possession, writes Amy Calder.
The Great Awakening of Colbyville
A look into the future finds Paul LePage cutting the ribbon for the start of a subway from Colbyville (formerly Waterville), writes prognosticator J.P. Devine.
At 14, I was afraid to cause a scene
It’s not hard to understand why Roy Moore’s most recent accuser didn’t come forward for 40 years, writes Liz Soares.
Snow Pond arts center in Sidney a gift worth supporting
The venue benefits everyone and offers education and cultural enrichment opportunities, plus year-round concerts, Amy Calder writes.
Adventures of one kind of veteran
A tale in six acts and a happy Veterans Day to vets who are real, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Florida Project’
The film focuses on single-mom barely out of her late teens, who has a love child from someone in the past who doesn’t even rate a photo on the fridge, J.P. Devine writes.