Baking conjures memories of a frugal, no-nonsense grandmother who instilled culinary magic, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Octogenarian? There were worse ‘narians to be
From vicenarian straight up to nonagenarian, JP Devine has it covered, he writes.
Bill Nemitz: LePage and Alfond finally work together to get something done
Senate Minority Leader Justin Alfond and Gov. LePage started to talk – and ended up helping pass a bill to fight drug addiction.
High school nickname no laughing matter
We can’t expect the world to be a soft and comfortable place for all of us all the time, writes Liz Soares.
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.
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.
A morphology of Maine winter
On some January afternoons, the only things breathing are words, writes Dana Wilde.
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.
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.
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.