There was only one Mom, but others willingly stood in her place in times of need, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Animal stories are really people stories
When the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel write about rampaging pigs, cats up trees and the four dead deer, it’s more about the nature of humans, Maureen Milliken writes.
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Addition of fifth basketball class addresses population flux
Biggest change in 50 years to high school sports aims to alleviate burden of smaller schools on Class C and D.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, News
Weaning Maine off cars
Bill Basford of Fairfield says the state would be in better economic shape if people walked or bicycled more and drove less, Amy Calder writes.
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Faint-hearted wanderlust
Travel is for others, there’s enough to see and do right close to home, says J.P. Devine.
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Getting your mind right with the weather
It’s time to just accept that from now on, March is February and April is March, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, News
Cancer shawls bring warmth — inside and out
Waterville 91-year-old knits shawls for patients at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta, Amy Calder writes.
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In defense of hoodies
Criminals may have given them a bad name, but J.P. Devine says there’s nothing better for keeping warm or — with the help of earplugs connected to nothing — avoiding the world.
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Listen my children, let’s give Patriot’s Day its due in Maine
It’s about Lexington and Concord and the beginning of the American Dream, so let’s not let Longfellow down, Maureen Milliken writes.
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Relics for posterity
If Don Draper’s coat from “Mad Men” can make the Smithsonian Institute, so can J.P. Devine’s personal papers, the columnist writes.