Kate Flora’s latest true-crime book, about a killer being brought to justice in New Brunswick, finds heroes in Maine Warden Service searchers and their dogs.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Snowy, cold and proud
A winter jaunt to warmer climate is nice, but Maine’s varying seasons give us character, Amy Calder writes.
Where’s my valentine?
Not having a secret admirer sparks memories of ones from the past for J.P. Devine.
Of snow, plows and good words
Down the hill barreled a juggernaut, with huge steel wings flinging leftover snow onto snowbanks, writes Dana Wilde. What happens next will surprise you.
Oakland couple credits family for 71 years of bliss
Bud and Josephine King met on a blind date in 1940, and say marriage is a give and take proposition.
A phone call for old times’ sake
J.P. Devine catches up with friend Lennie Edelstein and talks about earmuffs and oxygen masks.
‘President’s Day’ (or whatever) holiday typical February
In the most unsatisfactory month, the one real holiday leaves a lot to be desired, Maureen Milliken writes.
A kennel cough?
A walk with the dog after battling a cold leads to the discovery of a very expensive mutt, writes J.P. Devine.
Billions of galaxies in expanding space
Our understanding of stars and galaxies is ever growing to unspeakable limits, writes Dana Wilde.
Sports fan’s snow day
Travis Lazarczyk gives an inside view of beating the blizzard blues with sports.