Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Until the break of day
This Memorial Day, J.P. Devine remembers the adventures of his brothers in the Irish way while keeping their pain and secrets hidden in his heart.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Business, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Closing of Waterville grocery store is ‘going to hurt,’ employee says
Workers at Save A Lot on The Concourse in downtown Waterville will lose their jobs when the store closes for good Thursday, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Julia Dreyfus should have passed on ‘You Hurt My Feelings,’ writes JP Devine
“Writer-director Nicole Holofcener is the gift that keeps on giving. Consider her work, all of which features the gifts of Catherine Keener: ‘Walking and Talking,’ ‘Lovely and Amazing’ and the wonderful ‘Friends With Money.’ If you’re a Keener fan, welcome home. Happiness is a thing called Keener.” I wrote those words about Nicole Holofcener 2010 […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Devils in springtime
There are goat-footed devils in the details of the woods and we’re complicit in the mischief, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Searching for the password to nonagenarian.com
Pondering whether there’s a manual or an app for 90-something-year-olds, J.P. Devine mulls what it means to belong.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Cafe that’s been a fixture of the Waterville community to close
Jorgensen’s Cafe and Deli owner Theresa Dunn, who has owned the cafe since 2017 and worked for all four of its owners before that, plans to close the business around June 1, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The Half of It’ a lovely, romantic film, writes Devine
How about this? Edmond Rostand’s perfect love story “Cyrano de Bergerac” on cellphones? “The Half of It” is a lovely, romantic film with a perfect cast and magical writing by filmmaker Alice Wu, who directs from her own screenplay. We first meet Ellie as she pedals furiously down a small town road. Ellie is a […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: A love affair with movies
From the cinema to video stores, VCRs, DVD-by-mail and streaming, Liz Soares ponders her relationship with selecting the best movies to watch.