Once an eccentric tour guide when he first arrived in Waterville, J.P. Devine told some tall tales to Elm City visitors.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Amy Calder: Too many online orders and packages have you feeling boxed in?
Boxes, once scarce for wrapping gifts and sending packages, now are everywhere, sending delivery people and mail carriers scurrying up and down streets every day, Amy Calder writes.
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‘Parallel Mothers’ is like a neglected blister on what is at its core, the story of women
I’m definitely not one of the many fans of the internationally acclaimed Spanish writer director Pedro Almodovar. Remember here, that I’m a film “reviewer” not “critic,” even though I can get cranky. I’ve only seen two of Almodovar’s films, because of his two favorite actors, Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. I would watch laxative commercials […]
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Dana Wilde: Dreams of winter cold
Mulling the history of how we measure cold and warm, Dana Wilde is sanding the increasingly icy landscape of our existence.
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J.P. Devine: Because my daughter says so
We’re at war and should be dressing the part, J.P. Devine writes.
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Amy Calder: For one young Waterville couple, there’s no place like a home
Anna Zinkovitch and Kevyn Warren, homeless for several months, finally have an apartment in Waterville, thanks to help from Starfish Village Ministry and Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, Amy Calder writes.
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‘The Crown’ makes disappointing casting changes in Season 5
It’s back, and we’re happy to seek out those calmer seas, gorgeous settings and new handsome royals from the past. Well, it’s back, but the wrinkles and sags are showing. It happens to the best of us. “The Crown,” with its four seasons of civility, gorgeous cinematography, splendid words and fussy decor are there, but […]
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Hilary Swank hits the small screen in ‘Alaska Daily’
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is back, on a much smaller screen, but we have missed her and we’ll take her, no matter the size on the tube. Here is our Hilary in Tom McCarthy’s (“The Station Agent,” “Spotlight”) as Eileen Fitzgerald, an Irish-American newspaper reporter. Irish she is, with a sheet-metal attitude, a dockworker’s mouth, […]
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‘1883’ action first rate, powerful
Writer/director Taylor Sheridan has been on fire the last few years. He worked his way up from a small parts actor in shows like “Sons of Anarchy” to screenwriter and creator to hit shows like “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Yellowstone”. And in the year of flying Spiderman and buckets of sitcoms and rom coms and […]