J.P. Devine runs through the playbill of the election and sees powerful change on the stage.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
Reporting Aside: A 94-year-old Waterville woman is a world traveler who has seen it all
Marilyn Jean Bird recently received a prestigious award from an international travel club for having visited more than 150 countries and territories.
Backyard Naturalist: Phases of climate change denial
Columnist Dana Wilde breaks down decades of denial of global warming, the resulting climate change and the destructive effects that human activities are having on the Earth.