As the temperature drops, J.P. Devine is thinking about adjustments.
Scott Monroe
Scott W. Cryway, Maine House 63
District serves, in Kennebec County, Albion and Unity Township, and parts of Winslow; in Waldo County, Freedom.
Backyard Naturalist: Transfixed by a September field
Contemplating a natural beauty so intense it’s almost unendurable is like encountering an angel, Dana Wilde writes.
Photos: State’s first ‘comfort dog’ starts paw patrol duty at dispatch center
Baxter, a 5-month-old chocolate lab, will become the state’s first “comfort dog” and will be based at the Augusta Regional Communications Center. Baxter was trained by Hero Pups, a nonprofit based in New Hampshire, and his mission is to “provide health and mood-boosting benefits” to the emergency-service personnel and the community. Photos taken by Kennbec Journal photojournalist Joe Phelan.
On The Edge: Notes on Labor Day
As summer slides away, J.P. Devine muses on a birthday a long time ago.
Tell Us: Do you agree with the state’s plan to install solar panels at exits off Interstate 95 in Augusta?
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Police: Man subdued after aiming loaded gun at local boxer at West Forks store
Police responded to a disturbance early Wednesday to find Edward Baker, 28, had been restrained on the ground by three people, including Brandon Berry, a local pro boxer who has risen to fame in that sport.
Thinking Things Through: Letting life take its course
Preparing mentally for a third surgery in a year, Liz Soares reflects on fear of the unknown and coming out on the other side of making the right choice for mind and body.
On the Edge: Sign of the cross … A Netflix special
Thinking back to those times when you make the sign of the cross and enter into Virgo country, J.P. Devine reflects on the end of summer and the start of something new.