Thinking about how social media and cellphone can become distractions from living life, Liz Soares is adjusting her notifications for healthier habits.
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News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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On the Edge: Hurray, it’s May
The weather is warming up, J.P. Devine writes, and the masks are coming off … or are they?
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Never a bad day on the Kennebec River
Willie Grenier, 75, of Waterville, loves to fish for shad in the river and teach people about fishing and river ecology, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: All the little birds on ‘Jaybird Street’
The trees this spring are full of birds, providing the music you were hoping for in poetry, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Whatcha gonna do with all that dough?
For many Americans, it’s pretty hard to sit at the dinner table these days and not talk about anything but money, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Reporting Aside: Thomas College student charts path that shows he’s wise beyond his years
Luke Witham will graduate next week from the college with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, but what is atypical is that he has already been teaching high school for all four years of his college experience, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘The Duke’ working-class tale of survival
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a gnarly 60-year-old taxi driver and backstreet Birmingham, England’s activist for elderly rights, was under daily police harassment for not paying his television tax. (By law, each household in the UK has to pay the license fee, with some exemptions) Here, Kempton, in “The Duke,” the late Roger Michell’s sweet-and-charming sentimental […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Books to occupy the mind
During recuperation from knee replacement surgery, Liz Soares more than doubled her consumption of books and has a number of highlights to share.