Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Buddy, can you spare a saw?
In search for browntail moth nests to wage war against in his yard, J.P. Devine mulls how “it’s always somethin’.”
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: Decades after suffering abuse, Waterville man offers a message and a warning
The man, who is on palliative care, tells his story about having been sexually abused as a child in an effort to spread awareness, warn parents to pay attention to their children and let children know it’s OK to tell someone when abuse occurs, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: Rings of light
Pondering the moons around Jupiter, Dana Wilde mulls the movement of endless light in our skies.
Posted inColumns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Rich Abrahamson: Riggs the police K-9 might be new but he has already made an impression
There was a doggone good photo opportunity recently when the Morning Sentinel did a story about the new police dog in Waterville. One photograph in particular drew many cheers, but some jeers, too.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: There are stories here
War historically produces great literature, full of blood and anguish and the stories of our lives, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: A little thank you can go a long way
Volunteers at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Waterville have been making bag lunches for school staff and bus drivers as a way to thank them for their work during the pandemic, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ returns
She’s back. Yes, Midge Maisel is back in New York. We left Midge and Susie, her manager, on the tarmac at the airport, where Shy Baldwin and company dumped her. I’d have to go back for a review to put it all together again, but why bother? You all have the pieces in your pocket, […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: Lost and found lessons from 1939
As Russia furthers its invasion of Ukraine, Liz Soares ponders the echoes of Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland 83 years ago and the harrowing tale the same year as Donn Fendler was lost and found in the Maine woods.