You could spend a lifetime sorting out information on one star at a time and probably not make your way through them all, writes Dana Wilde.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
J.P. Devine: Pass the macaroni salad
Watching the darkness spread on TV while eating dinner, J.P. Devine ponders the calamities in store for Maine and the world.
Amy Calder: They have a passion for feeding the hungry
The St. John Food Pantry in Winslow is desperate for a new space after having been housed in a church basement at 26 Monument St. in Winslow for more than 60 years.
Noir thriller “No Sudden Move” features the best work of Del Toro and Cheadle in years
Celebrated Director Steven Soderbergh — he of “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Erin Brockovich,” “Traffic” and “Logan Lucky” — has a summer treat for you, so it may be time to bust out the popcorn and get ready to enjoy “No Sudden Move” several times over. The movie is that good. One source described the basic plot like […]
Dana Wilde: Tall meadow rue, or the ambiguities
Nature has an array of exceptions to every named category, writes Dana Wilde, whether plants or processes or people.
J.P. Devine: And the band plays on
We need to stay vigilant and focused as the shadow of COVID remains ever present, J.P. Devine writes.
Amy Calder: A short, but memorable life
Adrian Jacques of Skowhegan died last month at age 44 of Legionnaires’ Disease, but he also had battled Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease and acute myeloid leukemia.
Liz Soares: A bag lady, and proud of it
The coronavirus-delayed ban on plastic bags now in effect, writes Liz Soares, which is a welcome change that will pay environmental dividends.
MIFF Review: ‘Bread in the Bones’ rises to the occasion
Darrell Varga’s meditative and comforting documentary on bread, slated to be shown Tuesday at the Waterville Opera House, evokes in all of us memories of our first bite of this universal food.