Losing parents is inevitable, Amy Calder writes, but their memories and legacy never go away.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
It’s tough to channel your inner Thoreau in Starbucks’ parking lot
When a Waterville coffee shop shuts down for a week for renovations, JP Devine can observe all sorts of ‘wildlife’ as he sips Dunkin’ and writes in his Prius.
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Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
An unsettling view of life from the backyard
With scientific signs pointing toward extraterrestrial life, Dana Wilde ponders the unsettling questions raised by mounting evidence that we’re not alone in the universe.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Veteran still dreams of World War II captivity
A 90-year-old Winslow man who served in the Royal Canadian Navy remembers war like it was yesterday, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
A world without bacon is hard to imagine
J.P. Devine ponders his favorite cuts amid news that ‘meat is bad for us.’
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Charles Krauthammer: After CNBC debate, Republicans again snatch defeat from jaws of victory
The moderators came off as clearly partisan, but the GOP refused to let it simmer and overplayed its hand for a week.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Columns, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Self-appointed guardians of voting integrity just aim to intimidate
The Second Amendment sentinels who videotaped voters at the polls Tuesday may well have shot themselves in the foot.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Hills are alive in trip to Vermont
A chance to take an organized bus trip to the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont, was a great weekend, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
It doesn’t feel like November, but it feels good
After all the fun and colors, November comes for everyone, JP Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
Here at the end of October
Next year’s firewood is cut, split, stacked and permanently covered beside The Shed, part of the fall ritual, writes columnist Dana Wilde.