Cary Grant, who starred in over 51 movies in America, and became the most-beloved actor in movie history before he was an angel in “The Bishop’s Wife,” an ex husband in “Philadelphia Story” or a spy in “Notorious,” and became the most-watched, beloved actor in movie history. Grant was hired in 1944 to play a […]
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Escaping with good books
With all that is going on in the real world right now, Liz Soares relishes diving into a variety of reads.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Death of a Maytag
Inhabiting the mind of an old washer, J.P. Devine ponders the unsung heroes of the laundry room over the fullness of time.
Posted inAmy Calder, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Grab the last few offerings from your garden because winter is marching in
We might do well to slow down, prep the garden for the cold ahead and take a long breath before the holidays are at our doorsteps, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Toad psychology
Mulling whether toads think curmudgeonly thoughts, Dana Wilde ponders about the inner life of toads and the impossibility of our ever having the faintest understanding of it.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Ghost story
J.P. Devine recalls a time long ago in the cold woods when stories were shared around the campfire and a can of baked beans provided a jump scare.
Posted inAmy Calder, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Mystery erupts when columnist’s ill-placed pill draws the attention of itsy Bitsy
After receiving three vaccinations, Amy Calder writes that she was feeling lousy and had her Tylenol at the ready for pain relief, but did her longtime cat Bitsy get to it first?
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Reptile’ a multiple murder drama
OMG. Is that Alicia Silverstone (“Miss Match” 2003) kissing Benicio Del Toro on the neck? (Del Toro starred in the Wes Anderson film “The French Dispatch”) It is. And is Justin Timberlake in Polo golf pants on a sun splashed green? They are joined by Michael Pitt, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz (I always wondered what […]