Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
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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.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘So Help Me Todd’ a weak-unfunny-CBS comedy
I dialed into “So Help Me Todd” because I like Marcia Gay Harden, and it was bedtime and I needed a laugh to sleep better. I didn’t get the laugh, but I slept better. The show is third rate and the rest of the cast is beneath working with her. Harden is no Cate Blanchett […]
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the edge: A shot for flag and country
J.P. Devine recalls hearing war stories from a grizzled old Marine before deciding to join the Air Force and chart his own course as a veteran whose beat still goes on.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: With housing out of reach, woman asks, ‘Just let me prove myself’
The rental assistance Beth Gordon was receiving was pulled a few weeks ago and she now lives in a pop-up camper in Fairfield with her two children, but she remains determined to find the opportunity that will bring a better path.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: The amazing power of habit
Daily walking and writing habits have brought many benefits, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The Manchurian Candidate’ a must-see classic
“Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known.” “Manchurian Candidate.” In honoring the late, great Angelia Lansbury, the multi-talented actor who left us this month, Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, is offering on Nov. 6 “The Manchurian Candidate,” John Michael Frankenheimer’s 1962 political thriller. In Frankenheimer’s film, with screenplay […]