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Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, News
No bear baiting for Teddy Roosevelt
J.P Devine is pleased to learn that the macho, big-game hunting former president played by a sportsman’s rules.
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Posted inColumns, News
Spider food for thought
Things got scary at Dana Wilde’s Troy kitchen window just a few days before Halloween.
Posted inColumns, Football
Cony-Lawrence was an instant classic
Games as good as the Bulldogs’ dramatic 28-27 win in Augusta Saturday don’t come around every day.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, News
Reporting Aside: Florida city restricts feeding the homeless in public places
Amy Calder doesn’t buy the city’s arguments, just as she doesn’t buy the argument that baiting bears to shoot them is anything but inhumane.
Posted inColumns, News
How the Cold War ruined a payday
J.P. Devine tells the true story of how he became, probably, the only struggling actor who was a victim of the Cold War.
Posted inColumns, News
There’s no right or wrong to loving animals
Maine’s bear baiting referendum highlighted one of the many divides in the state, but it’s hard to be rational where feelings are concerned, Maureen Milliken writes.
Posted inColumns, Varsity Maine
Maine towns have shown true colors amid tragedy
The support for communities affected by the deaths of two student athletes in central Maine has been moving.
Posted inColumns, News
Former Waterville bookkeeper gets scammed and is warning others
Police tell reporter Amy Calder, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Posted inColumns, News
The ritual of the old clocks
The return of standard time early Sunday means more work for some than others, writes J.P. Devine.