Clinton police Chief Rusty Bell goes above and beyond to help those in need, even posting his personal cellphone number on social media after two residents took their own lives, urging people to call him if they want to talk.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Ron Joseph
In the Field: Maine moose sightings becoming rarer as climate change boosts tick populations
Ron Joseph reflects that seeing a moose can be a lifetime memory, but he wonders if Maine’s most iconic animal will survive the century as warmer seasons breed more ticks.
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘No Hard Feelings’ script full of unlikely consequences, TV laughs, J.P. Devine writes
Boy meets girl with a script full of unlikely consequences and TV laughs, which happily won this reviewer over.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Living the gardening dream
Gardens are not static, and gardeners should not be either, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Working the streets again?
Mulling how he can earn some ‘extra’ cash, J.P. Devine assesses his talents and possible entertainment acts.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Waterville church offers soup, sandwich and kindness
The Evening Sandwich Program in the basement of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville is a lifeline for Terri Cashman, 42, and her husband, who live in a garage.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘Scoop’ compelling, high speed, no brakes story of a group of newspaper people, J.P. Devine writes
Scoop: a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals. And that’s the story of “Scoop” in director Philip Martin’s compelling, high speed, no brakes story of a group of newspaper people, from the top floor of the Royal Palace to the glassed […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Mining bees and the beginning of spring
After a strangely disrupted winter, the routine signs of life returning this month are reassuring that some kind of conventional order persists, Dana Wilde writes.