Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Balloons — it’s a long story
Balloons can be a metaphor for so many events, small and great moments in our lives, J.P. Devine writes.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: As China woman confronts fatal diagnosis, she hopes for a final wish
Juli Brooks Settlemire, who’s receiving hospice care, has inspired many in community theater in central Maine and wants to find a home for the Waterville-based Aqua City Actors Theatre, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate’ famous comedy show
Remember when Richard Nixon won his first Presidential election in 1969, and appeared on the original “Laugh In” with the show’s comedy line “Sock it to me?” Right now on Netflix, you can see it all again because that famous comedy show that ran from 1968-73 on NBC with its hosts Dan Rowan and Dick […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: A nonperfect specimen
A recent trip to a primary care provider was a reminder for Liz Soares that she is still here and health issues are nothing new for her.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: A tribute to ‘Sen. Cy’
J.P. Devine remembers Cyril M. Joly Jr., his brother-in-law with whom he shared a mismatched and bumpy friendship that lasted until the day he passed.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Winslow food pantry is ‘uplifting spirits and souls’
As food prices increase and more and more people can’t afford to buy their own food, let alone travel to a store, the Winslow Community Cupboard brings it to their neighborhoods, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Emily’ about sexed-up life of Emily Brontë
Dear viewers, I send you this week to the brand new Maine Film Center in Waterville to enjoy Francis O’Connor’s directorial debut film “Emily.” O’Connor, a former actor with a shiny resume (“Mansfield Park” 1999, “Bedazzled” 2000) steps out of the hot lights and into the impressive powerful dark world behind the camera where the […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Old trees offer perspective on time
Some trees on Earth are believed to have lived thousands of years, raising questions about how they might experience time and our own concepts about what it means to get old, Dana Wilde writes.