Abandoning his ruminations on youth when climate change forced a move to Maine, JP Devine pens an unlikely message of hope.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Money morality and the Earth
For some, protecting air and water just costs too much money, writes Dana Wilde.
Sometimes you can go home
Whitcomb Rummel Jr. recreates his memories growing up in Waterville in a prize-winning screenplay, writes Amy Calder.
She and FLOTUS on the move
Forever and ever, permanently, 100 percent, She is retiring from teaching and will be back home as surely as FLOTUS takes up residence with POTUS in the White House, writes J.P. Devine.
Shades of Watergate in Trump-Russia investigation
Trump’s woes cannot be compared to Nixon’s; they are different kettles of stinky fish, writes Liz Soares.
Remembering my father’s tears
It’s important to have sensitive male role models in a society that’s plagued by toxic masculinity, writes Emily Higginbotham.
In Waterville plaque mystery, a dormant revelation of thievery
The saga of the Thayer Memorial Bridge plaque has taken another twist now that a man who grew up in the neighborhood has come forward with a long-held memory of the kid who stole the plaque, Amy Calder writes.
And this is how it ends
His next and last book, a memoir — which requires honesty — needs a title change, J.P. Devine writes.
Life and death on silk balloons
When spiderlings go ballooning, they set off to seek their fortunes by throwing silk onto the wind, writes Dana Wilde.
A D-Day landing at Utah Beach
From tapes left by her father-in-law, Amy Calder shares an oral archive of his exploits during World War II.