Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Strange faces in heaven
J.P. Devine imagines the most interesting people you could meet and question in the afterlife.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Skowhegan conservation effort a lesson in preserving lands and legacies
Organizations like Somerset Woods Trustees, which acquire, maintain and manage land of natural or cultural significance for the benefit of the public, are to be lauded, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘You’ve Got Mail’ wonderful, heart banging, electric and magical, J.P. Devine writes
When you put Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the same movie, and keep them on screen, apart or together, you’re watching screen magic. They did three movies together and all of them winners, except when Meg decided to direct and gave us the tragic “Ithaca” in 2015 in which Tom dies. Tom Hanks Dies? […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: The song of the Whip-poor-wills
The birds’ three-note song echoes in memory and is unforgettable many years later, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: With a hole in it
A long romance with bagels slipped away only to be rekindled again, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Why did the salamander cross the road? Waterville man has the answer
Greg LeClair, 26, founded Maine Big Night, a citizen-based science program that collects data on amphibian road crossings and deaths and seeks to find solutions to wildlife conservation, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘Walk With Me’ no happy gay journey
The nominee from Waterville’s Railroad Square Cinema for June’s Pride Month this year is writer/director Isabel del Royal’s (“Smile for the Camera TV” series) debut film, “Walk With Me.” del Royal, a newcomer to the mad, mad world of filmmaking, makes a nice try at working with the tools, ideas and palettes of those who […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: Running a kitty hospice
It’s a lot of work, but caring for four cats in their early to late teens is a labor of love, Liz Soares writes.