It’s hard to be funny when April’s usual annoying showers suddenly become dark twisting clouds of hurt, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Reporting Aside: With a shoestring budget and plenty of elbow grease, group looks to make Waterville shine
Volunteers turned out recently to help the nonprofit Waterville Community Land Trust erect a gazebo at the park and community garden it built on Water Street in the city’s South End, Amy Calder writes.
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Pipeline film genuine heart-grabbing, chiller-thriller, writes J.P. Devine
Even as I sat at my keyboard, watching this film, I felt nervous about putting this title online. I still do. “How To Blow Up a Pipeline” is a heavily provocative title, and anywhere in the world, it’s a dangerous six-word introduction to put on paper. I was quick to add “The Movie,” so that […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Strange lights in the sky
The feeling of stupendous awe, of fear and beauty, and strangeness, arises when you watch the aurora, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: How you want ‘em?
Eggs are everywhere this time of year, and their importance to our society is priceless, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Move along, April, you fickle month
As Robert Frost penned in his poem “Two Tramps in Mud Time,” April has a habit of taking us a step into summer and then two back into winter, Amy Calder writes.
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Something for everyone in newest ‘Great Expectations,’ writes J.P. Devine
I was taken, in my New York days, by a girl named Estella, who insisted that I read Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations,” because she was named after the character in the novel. I didn’t get very far with the book or Estella, and abandoned both. Make of that what you will. I just finished three […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Smaller is better when it comes to ice cream cones
Marking special occasions at ice cream stands, Liz Soares has been in sticky situations when given plus-size scoops in puny cones.