Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Op-Eds
On the Edge: Thankful for the (Irish) memories
An old family photo has J.P. Devine reminiscing about coal, too many potatoes and a pony.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Man remains thankful through the slings and arrows of life
Scott Canney had a difficult upbring and lives now at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville, but he says he’s “thankful for being alive” and next week will join friends for Thanksgiving dinner at The Lighthouse, a nearby soup kitchen, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘Going in Style’ a soufflé, yes, but a tasty one
It’s getting colder and darker, and soon it will be snowing, and you’re not going to want to venture out of your living room this night. Here is your chance, and like chances of all sorts, it often only comes once in a lifetime. The film, a remake of an old 1979 movie, is “Going […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Counting down to Christmas, in due time
Tradition holds that the Christmas season begins on the first Sunday of Advent, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: On becoming Felix Unger
Leaning into his feminine side, J.P. Devine has developed an insane passion for neatness.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Waterville man carves out a little spot of heaven in the South End
Peter Gregory, 58, didn’t have much to eat while growing up, but his makeshift garden now provides plenty for him, and some wildlife, too, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘Apocalypse Now’ film ‘is Vietnam’
“You’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.” Colonel Kurtz (Brando) When Francis Ford Coppola introduced his film “Apocalypse Now” at the Cannes Film Festival before its screening, he said, “My film is not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam.” He then added, “Little by little we went insane.” Indeed they did. […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: The tangled webs of bridge spiders
Dana Wilde tries to unravel the mystery of spiders whose presence is known mainly on bridges or other structures overhanging water, where small gnats are their a preferred food.