Around us now are empty chairs once filled with those who shared our talk, touched our pained hands, felt our fears and laughed with us, and we discover the memory of them gives us more to talk about, J.P. Devine writes.
Scott Monroe
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Vassalboro woman expresses anguish after ‘very sweet’ mentally disabled son dies in fire
Nicholas Blaschke, 26, whom his mother said was mentally disabled, was killed in the fire and a state police lieutenant was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation after pulling the man from the house.
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Dana Wilde: Removing the scorpion-like beast from the bathroom sink
Commonly known as a house pseudoscorpion, aka Chelifer cancroides, these tiny creatures are sometimes known as book scorpions or false scorpions because they’re arachnids, Dana Wilde writes.
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J.P. Devine: Mr. Isgro goes to Washington
Shocked at the paltry prices for breakfast, lunch and dinner, J.P. Devine suggests the next time the city’s mayor should “GO before you go” when visiting the nation’s capital.
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J.P. Devine: 2020, a chair odyssey
The sleek, gray, maybe mauve stairlift chair has arrived in the Devine household, signaling a journey into the capricious and unknown future.
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J.P. Devine: Just the way you are
Change is inevitable and may cause you to see things and people in a different light, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine: One night in Waco
A pair of true war stories about two young Americans who served their countries in different ways on cold nights in Waco and Bastogne.
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J.P. Devine: Seeking warmth in people, places
Warmth doesn’t just come from oil and gas and wood, but also from people, from their food, their touch and smiles, J.P. Devine writes.
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Coming this weekend: ‘A Deadly Shade of Green’ 2-part series
The journalism project, produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, explores the people and way of life in remote regions of Canada and Maine affected by renewable energy expansion.