We can’t expect the world to be a soft and comfortable place for all of us all the time, writes Liz Soares.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Women’s Initiative is on the move in Waterville
The organization started by Martha Dempski, slated to move to a new Waterville location in March, is a lesser-known but important organization creating a safe and warm setting for women, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
I’ll see the jackpot in my dreams
JP Devine muses on winning $1.6 billion and how he’d go from being a writing ‘vendor’ to someone who can buy anything and not have to remember what it was.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
A morphology of Maine winter
On some January afternoons, the only things breathing are words, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Sugary goodies and journalism go hand in hand
Holidays, birthdays and deadline pressure combine to make the newsroom a hotbed of treat gobbling, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
There’s no bounce in a nonsports boyhood
The world’s obsession with balls and playing with them doesn’t work for those who would rather not, JP Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Local & State, Maureen Milliken, News
Here’s what Kennebec Tales would have had in 2016
The Belgrade Boston Post Cane, The Good News Club, downtown successes and other stuff would have been great topics if Kennebec Tales wasn’t ending its run, Maureen Milliken writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
In times of loss, friends become even more important
On the anniversary of her mother’s passing, Amy Calder writes, it’s important to have good friends around.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Our home, like the mall after Christmas, is empty, but our hearts are still full
When children grow up and move away, the end of the holidays brings an emptiness, but love is always still there, JP Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
The value of a fact
The Earth is not flat, it never has been, and no one but a careless-minded handful ever thought so, writes Dana Wilde.