Are wolf spiders scary because of their name or because they are spiders? Dana Wilde writes
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
On the Edge: Mother’s Day
J.P. Devine pauses to remember that we live in a world where mothers and their children are going hungry this very morning.
Reporting Aside: A team born of persistence and passion
Sarah Joliat and her son, Kristian, helped launch an ice hockey program in Maine for those who are intellectually and developmentally disabled.