Wanting to be a role model for her kids, Miranda Prime is in a special program where she is learning, hands on, to be a medical assistant.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Movie Review: ‘The Beautiful Game’ exposes the heartwarming truth of these games
The story is based on an actual annual sporting event, The Homeless World Cup, which will take place in Seoul this year, J.P. Devine writes.
Backyard Naturalist: Wolf spiders discovered on one of the first bug-, toad- and frog-finding missions of the spring
Are wolf spiders scary because of their name or because they are spiders? Dana Wilde writes
On the Edge: No capes, no swords
During Military Appreciation Month, J.P. Devine ponders the many heroes in our lives who risk it all.
Reporting Aside: Sword play for fun and exercise at Waterville park
The Light Club, whose members fence with fake swords, meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Farmington school district proposes $45 million 2024-25 budget
The Regional School Unit 9 will be seeing an 8.26% increase in their overall to their budget, but taxpayers will only be responsible for 4.45%.
Movie Review: ‘Wildcat’ won’t be anyone’s choice for a summer’s beach read
Here we are once again watching the work of director Ethan Hawke, one of Hollywood’s birds of paradise who flits from one tree to another in that land of artists looking for the right branch in which to build a permanent nest. Hawke’s problem, if it is one, is that he’s pretty good at all […]
Thinking Things Through: Retirement is a journey, not a destination
Liz Soares talks about reckoning with the loss of identity in retirement.