It’s long, this tortuous, winding road down the history of the family Newman, six long hours to be precise. Each segment runs about an hour each. That’s a long sit when all you’re learning about is secrets behind the glossy, turbulent love life of two very blonde, very blue-eyed movie stars, Paul Newman and […]
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Thinking Things Through: Planning day trips increasingly complicated
Everything from the weather to social, cultural, political, economic and health implications are factored in when planning dining out on day trips nowadays, Liz Soares writes.
On the Edge: Fever dreams and hallucinatory thoughts
Oppressive heat, in Maine of all places, led to a swampy, sleepless night for J.P. Devine as his thoughts lurched from Hoffa to O’Toole.
Reporting Aside: After Waterville native dies alone, coroner tries to piece together his past
Robert Kelley, 77, born in Waterville, was found dead Monday in a hotel room in rural North Dakota and the county coroner there has been unable to find any family to claim his remains, Amy Calder writes.
‘Hemingway’ entertaining, splendid re-hash of great writer’s life, career
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, “Hemingway,’ examines the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers – Ernest Hemingway. It does indeed, and as usual, Burns delivers a six-hour entertaining and splendid re-hash of the great writer’s life and career. Burns’ piece, narrated by […]
On the Edge: Got the HORN?
Cautiously passing the time on a summer day, J.P. Devine observes others who are oblivious of the horrors of HORN.
Reporting Aside: Mainers use terms that are wicked puzzling to others, and that’s just fine
Folks here have their own way of being in the world, which includes using seemingly odd turns of phrase, Amy Calder writes.
Thinking Things Through: Cooling off as weather heats up
The proliferation of air-conditioning in Maine homes and the warming of the state’s summer days has been noticeable over the past several decades, Liz Soares writes.
‘Get Low’ a tender-hearted, ancient ghostly love story
Equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party