Reporting Aside: For three Waterville women, it’s time to face the music

Rebecca Green, Sue Barre and Teresa McKinney are launching a pilot program to gauge interest in whether people want a music school serving the greater Waterville area, Amy Calder writes.

‘For the People’ has best ‘action’ writing since ‘West Wing’

Thinking Things Through: Lessons from a pear tree

Liz Soares ruminates on an old pear tree in the backyard and what it means to be grateful.

J.P. Devine Podcast: There seems to be no end in sight with the Hollywood strikes

On the Edge: Blue-collar Hollywood

Ordinary folks, but specialists in the industry, are out there on the streets risking their necks to put paychecks in their pockets, J.P. Devine writes.

Reporting Aside: Eviction notice means uncertain future for Waterville man

Kevin Horton, 64, who is physically and intellectually disabled, has lived in his apartment 25 years and has always paid his rent on time, but he got a notice 30 days ago that he has to leave, Amy Calder writes.

Lingnau has all the right moves going and keeps a few cards hidden under her billowing skirts in ‘The Empress,’ J.P. Devine writes

J.P. Devine Podcast: The drums of time have begun to beat for the Ticonic Bridge

J.P. Devine: A bridge over troubled water

Bridges grand and small have long fascinated J.P. Devine, who turns his attention to the aging Ticonic Bridge that connects Waterville and Winslow.

Reporting Aside: ‘Good-hearted’ Monmouth man known for helping others now needs a hand himself

Born with only one kidney that is now failing, Mike Snow, 60, is asking folks to get screened to see if they can be a living donor, not only for himself but for others waiting for an organ transplant, Amy Calder writes.