The tale of gangster Eddie Devine has finally been unearthed, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Making connections, forming friendships is one man’s mission
Ira Mandel has organized a free buffet meal, music and a square dance event at the Waterville Elks Lodge that he hopes will draw people from all walks of life, Amy Calder writes.
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Thinking Things Through: Why do we even call it a phone anymore?
I’m attached, and that concerns me a bit, but not enough to make me go on a cleansing “phone fast,” Liz Soares says.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Where’s Jackman?
Searching for extra cash, J.P. Devine mulls a surveillance gig at a gas station or perhaps ‘one of those guys holding signs’ at a construction site.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Raising people up in Waterville
A network of Waterville police officers, homeless advocates, city leaders, businesspeople and volunteers work in the city as part of a well-oiled machine to help those struggling get on a path to health and resilience, Amy Calder writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Daliland’ is about Dali’s journey down spiraling madness, J.P. Devine writes
Once you’re drawn into viewing Harron’s cinematic kaleidoscopic world of “Daliland,” allow yourself to be transported into the work of one of the film world’s most gifted actors, and that’s really why you’re here, J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Goodfellas’ the greatest lasagna of Italians ever, J.P. Devine writes
It’s rumored that Martin hated the title of the book, so Pileggi grudgingly changed it to “Goodfellas,” J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story,’ who was clever, funny and brilliant
Coward was a genius of his art, a friend, a gentleman, and bright star of darker skies, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Ghost Trap’ is about trap war with rival lobstering family
The title is a bit misleading, it’s and not even a documentary about lobster fishing, any more than Hemingway’s “To Have and Have Not” is about the boat rental business, J.P. Devine writes.