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.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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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.
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A spider in winter
Spiders find innovative ways to survive the winter, Dana Wilde writes.
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Big hearts help little Troy Union Church
The community has banded together to help save the 175-year-old church which is closed because of structural problems, Amy Calder writes.
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Number please
J.P. Devine writes of the days when telephones were always black and telephone numbers included words.