Kevin Horton, 64, who is physically and intellectually disabled, has lived in his apartment 25 years and has always paid his rent on time, but he got a notice 30 days ago that he has to leave, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Lingnau has all the right moves going and keeps a few cards hidden under her billowing skirts in ‘The Empress,’ J.P. Devine writes
Directors Florian Cossen and Katrin Gebbe give us an historical fantasy, full of diddling with that history, but still playing out in a glorious and glossy setting. Shot in Germany, where everything, outside of the big towns, is summer, verdant and lavish. “The Empress” is full of beautiful gardens, and people playing people who weren’t […]
J.P. Devine: A bridge over troubled water
Bridges grand and small have long fascinated J.P. Devine, who turns his attention to the aging Ticonic Bridge that connects Waterville and Winslow.
Reporting Aside: ‘Good-hearted’ Monmouth man known for helping others now needs a hand himself
Born with only one kidney that is now failing, Mike Snow, 60, is asking folks to get screened to see if they can be a living donor, not only for himself but for others waiting for an organ transplant, Amy Calder writes.
Four hearts collide in ‘Sam & Kate’
Isn’t it nice, enjoying a soft, moving duo love story, without servings of the gratuitous mingling of bodies under soft percale sheets. Here in “Sam & Kate,” we savor a piece of cake with cracks of flawed icing giving us two veterans of movie history, the great Dustin Hoffman and still sparkling Sissy Spacek embracing […]
Backyard Naturalist: ‘In such an ugly time’
News of the world’s weather this summer brings a level of dread that most poetry can do nothing about, Dana Wilde writes.
J.P. Devine Podcast: One of life’s constants — a barber named Joe
On the Edge: Hail the barber
‘Joe’ the barber has been J.P. Devine’s constant hair-cutting companion over the years in more ways than one.
Wilton posts job listing to hire town manager
The Wilton Board of Selectpersons voted unanimously to post a listing for a town manager, beginning their search for current Town Manager Perry Ellsworth’s replacement.