Despite having a cataract procedure scheduled, J.P. Devine writes that worries about not wearing glasses have diminished as he gets a look at cool designer eyewear.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
How birds became beautiful
Birds are an intelligence from an entire other dimension, writes Dana Wilde.
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Posted inBusiness, Columns, Emily Higginbotham, Life & Culture, Local & State, News
Logging off AOL Instant Messenger one last time
As the first real social media, AIM taught us how to behave online and how our actions on the internet have consequences, Emily Higginbotham writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
A dance down memory lane
Yearbooks and class reunions serve as a reminder that we humans really are more alike than we are different and we are fortunate just to know each other, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Who’s that knocking at my door?
Really, it all begins with the iPhone, and then you have Walmart wanting to deliver groceries to your door, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State, News
NFL players who protest are ‘doing their jobs as citizens’
I never felt prouder to be an American than when I saw players, coaches, managers and owners linking arms or kneeling, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Keepers of history watch Colby’s downtown dorm go up
Four Waterville residents have come to know the construction workers who have been putting up the building from the start, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Honor the flag? Honor thy father
While he wouldn’t call himself a patriot — entirely too vigorous — the flag does have meaning for him, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
Spiders that take care of their kids, and then some
All spider species, even the ones that don’t build webs, construct some kind of protective covering for their eggs, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
The technological know-how needed for shoelaces
Be careful of the parts, make sure you have pliers and screwdriver, and watch the instructions on YouTube, writes Amy Calder.