The Belgrade Boston Post Cane, The Good News Club, downtown successes and other stuff would have been great topics if Kennebec Tales wasn't ending its run, Maureen Milliken writes.

The Maine poet told an appreciative audience at the Waterville Opera House that the connection found through poetry has the power to make the world a better place, Maureen Milliken writes.

Central Maine crime writer and former Morning Sentinel columnist thought he knew 'bad guys,' but taking part in program to give ex-cons a small headstart was an eye-opener, Maureen Milliken writes.

When events have the community on edge and information is hard to come by, we feel the responsibility, Maureen Milliken writes.

Dedication, imagination and some people who believe the cities' downtowns can turn around may be making a difference, Maureen Milliken writes.

As Mental Health Awareness Week approaches, we can all use a reminder that understanding and communication go a long way, Maureen Milliken writes.

As long as there's been art, there have been people who just don't like it, Maureen Milliken writes.

Maureen Milliken explains to a Martian why Deflategate trumps all other news.

Everything from the truck backing into the hopper at the Belgrade transfer station to Anson's missing half a million dollars is our business, and yours too, Maureen Milliken writes.

While the state charms summer visitors, there's a lot going on in the woods and behind closed doors that brings us back to reality, Maureen Milliken writes.

The movie, written by a Farmington woman, was filmed in Massachusetts and has a Hollywood sensibility, but the hometown crowd at MIFF loved it anyway.

Recent events, including the Skowhegan 'Indians' controversy and that over the Confederate battle flag, show we still have a lot to learn about being American, Maureen Milliken writes.

Towns don't have a lot of options in the struggle to keep everyone happy, Maureen Milliken writes.

There will be 24 high school graduations this week in the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal's coverage area, and lists of graduates will appear online for all the other schools.

When a tree falls in a small central Maine town, like Belgrade Lakes, it continues to make a sound for as long as it lies in the yard, Maureen Milliken writes.

When the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel write about rampaging pigs, cats up trees and the four dead deer, it's more about the nature of humans, Maureen Milliken writes.

It's about Lexington and Concord and the beginning of the American Dream, so let's not let Longfellow down, Maureen Milliken writes.

It may not seem like spring yet, but the dog doo, the Bard and the Kennebec River cutters say it's on its way, Maureen Milliken writes.

A slate of events has the crowds coming to the city-owned recreation area, but unflashy nature at its best is the true draw.

There's a lot the same in the old Kennebec Journal paper route of 40 years ago, but a lot different, too, including the Capital Judicial Center, writes Maureen Milliken.