Games as good as the Bulldogs’ dramatic 28-27 win in Augusta Saturday don’t come around every day.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The ritual of the old clocks
The return of standard time early Sunday means more work for some than others, writes J.P. Devine.
Halloween morning voices
Columnist Dana Wilde wonders, is there something the dead are keeping back?
Golf’s state championship process flawed
The process for determining Maine’s best high school golfers rewards the best on a particular day, writes Evan Crawley.
Anticipating the holidays is a feeling all its own
Knowing how quickly the season comes and goes, Amy Calder embraces the spirit of Christmas all year round.