Suffering from mental illnesses, 50-year-old Jessica LeClair says it’s hard maneuvering homelessness.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News, Op-Eds
A Waterville native and a stolen Picasso | Column
In 1969, a Picasso painting was stolen from a Boston airport and Whitcomb Rummel Jr. relates his family’s role in its theft and return.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Arts & Entertainment, Books, Columns, Life & Culture, Local & State, News, Op-Eds
Waterville man is ready for the most exciting time of his life | Column
A lifetime of experience has readied Walter Dale for what’s next.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, News
She’s worked at Waterville McDonald’s 50 years | Column
LouAnn Lindie, 66, started working at the restaurant on Main Street when she was 16 and never left.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Op-Eds
Mercer woman uses her art to benefit animals | Column
Cindy Bolduc creates crafts and places them in a cabinet by the road for free but notes that if people want to leave a donation, she will give it to the Somerset Humane Society.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Health, Local & State, News, Op-Eds
In Waterville and China, a happy break from browntail moths | Column
It’s awfully nice to be able to hang clothes outdoors again since the browntail moth scourge has seemingly paused, Amy Calder writes.
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Waterville writer attempts to mail Chinese food | Column
Performing a good deed before fully vetting the process can lead to unintended consequences, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, News
Creating a ‘cool’ Waterville neighborhood
Retired physician Ira Mandel of Cool Street in Waterville hopes to help form a neighborhood association where people may meet, socialize and plan for activities such as potluck meals, festivals, holiday celebrations, volunteer activities and more.
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Waterville writer says, ‘So long gang!’ | Column
J.P. Devine has been called home to L.A. by his two daughters, and he has accepted.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, News
Waterville writer recalls brother who went to war and the Met | Column
Although he had a chance to sing with the famed Metropolitan Opera in New York, James Devine opted instead to sing for friends for free at home in St. Louis, J.P. Devine writes.