J.P. Devine is triggering memories to avoid the turbulent news pouring out of Washington, Hollywood and Congress.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Reporting Aside: Space shuttle tragedy continues to reverberate 37 years later
Christa McAuliffe was 37 and a popular teacher from New Hampshire when she and six others died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, Amy Calder writes.
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‘Living’ about living, even in final few days
Here he is, the beloved British chameleon, the charmer, saloon tap dancer, film and Broadway Tony winner Bill Nighy, whom you remember as Billy Mack, the boozy sensualist rock star in “Love Actually,” or as the shy, retiring husband in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” But here, in director Oliver Hermanus’s, soft, dark and heart-breaking […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: New stars in a constant sky
Exploding stars known as novas are relatively commonplace in our galaxy, with 30 or 40 novas a year visible through telescopes, Dana Wilde writes.
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On the Edge: No tooth fairy for you
Joking around in the dentist’s chair will put a smile on your face, J.P. Devine writes.
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Reporting Aside: Waterville arts center an enduring legacy of benefactor with ‘disruptive ideas’
It was important to Paul J. Schupf that Waterville have an arts center in the heart of the city that is accessible to all, Amy Calder writes.
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‘The English’ players perfectly cast, J.P. Devine writes
“The English,” shot on the dry vastness of Pawnee, Oklahoma, beautifully drops us into another 1890 western, but surprisingly one with a lot of flair, breath-taking surprises and a crumpet box of dazzling British players. The action begins with Lady Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place”), arriving by stage coach at a thrown-together hotel […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Learning a second language late in life
Liz Soares has been practicing French every day for the past five months or so, measuring success one syllable at a time.