After a winter of sugar and salt, the road back to nutritious eating can be an uphill trek, writes Amy Calder.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Finding the right window at the gym
Working out brings a host of considerations for a certain age group, J.P. Devine writes.
Spacecraft to buzz Pluto in July
New Horizons will get within 6,200 miles of Pluto this summer, and should send back lots of information about the dwarf planet, Dana Wilde writes.
A full life is but a memory
After years as a police officer, special education teacher and private investigator, Danny Karter spends his days in a Waterville nursing rehabilitation center as physical ailments rob him of his busy life.
A gift for fiction
If confession is good for the soul, it’s time for a heaping helping, writes J.P. Devine.
Change isn’t good or bad, it’s just Augusta
There’s a lot the same in the old Kennebec Journal paper route of 40 years ago, but a lot different, too, including the Capital Judicial Center, writes Maureen Milliken.
Optician has eye for good health
Ash Hekmat walks four to six miles a day and finds walking in the winter not only exhilarating, but liberating, writes Amy Calder.
The ghost buffalos ride through the night
J.P. Devine wiles away the northeastern winter with dreams of golden sands, tequila and lime, and ghost buffalos.
Dick McGee leaves lasting legacy in Fairfield area
The former Colby College coach helped build youth sports in central Maine, writes Travis Lazarczyk.
How high is the snow on your roof?
A hardly used $63 roof rake will take care of it if you have a mind to make the climb, Amy Calder writes.