Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Indian summer?
As the temperature drops, J.P. Devine is thinking about adjustments.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: She found a home for her children in Etna, but struggles remain and winter awaits
Single working parent Kathy Cooper found a house to rent in the Penobscot County town of Etna for her and her four children after she received an eviction notice from her landlord in St. Albans, but the rental price is nearly twice what she paid before and the house needs a lot of attention, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Chef’s Table: Pizza’ is a slice of goodness, J.P. Devine writes
The temperatures have dropped. Soon it will be dark at noon. What then is for dinner? Here, on Netflix is a piece (several slices) for you busy folks to consider and salivate over. “Dig in” it says to the best pizzas from around the world, prepared by renowned chefs who bake passion, creativity and hard […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Transfixed by a September field
Contemplating a natural beauty so intense it’s almost unendurable is like encountering an angel, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On The Edge: Notes on Labor Day
As summer slides away, J.P. Devine muses on a birthday a long time ago.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘Abbott Elementary’ back to school
If, while checking out this new sitcom, you suspect that there’s something familiar about it, you’d be right. Stay tuned. The players, starting with the star and show’s creator, the bubbly 32-year-old writer-creator Quinta Brunson, and the fast-moving cast that percolates around her, invite you into West Philadelphia’s Abbott Elementary, a comic oasis of learning […]
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: We don’t need to harp on it, but Waterville company finds the art in its work
Peter Carey and Jason Brann own PRO Moving Service in Waterville, and they do much more than move bulky things, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Letting life take its course
Preparing mentally for a third surgery in a year, Liz Soares reflects on fear of the unknown and coming out on the other side of making the right choice for mind and body.