J.P. Devine Podcast: Take heart, there is a lot of 2022 left

J.P. Devine: What did you get?

Opening up a bottle of single malt scotch, J.P. Devine ponders progress and possibilities.

Amy Calder: Although pandemic weighs heavily, area leaders express hopes, goals for 2022

When asked to share their aspirations for the new year, central Maine officials touched on topics like economic development, good health and helping those in need, Amy Calder writes.

J.P. Devine: Goodnight, Pete. Goodnight, Rosemary.

Recalling losses on a New year about 65 years ago, J.P. Devine is thinking about family and those we can trust.

Dana Wilde: December notes on a changing winter

Looking over his daily notes, Dana Wilde catalogs how different Maine Decembers are now compared with decades ago.

J.P. Devine: We’re somewhere over the rainbow now

J.P. Devine: We’re not in Kansas anymore

The age-old season of joy has arrived, J.P. Devine writes, but what are we to do with the world we find ourselves in?

Amy Calder: This holiday season let’s allow our language, and actions, to bring joy

If we act, think and speak positively and with hope during a dark time in our world, we can help brighten our lives and those of others, Amy Calder writes.

Liz Soares: A Christmas wish to move beyond crisis

As we enter our second pandemic holiday season, Liz Soares contemplates all we've been through and what may lie ahead.

J.P. Devine Podcast: The tree, complete with homemade angel, is up