Whether checking out what kids wore, the facts of life according to a farm girl, the tragedy of a president’s death, or the memory of a friend lost too soon, education began on the bus, Amy Calder writes.
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News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Gifts of apples for my teachers
Teachers are more valuable than ‘a dime a dozen,’ despite what the governor says, and each deserves an apple for the differences they make in our lives, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Better luck next time in quest for employee of the month
Believing he was to be honored with a plaque by the Morning Sentinel, J.P. Devine ups the ante for next year — and it’s not just tiny Swedish meat balls.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
Reality and the solar eclipse
Even in a partial eclipse, you take your waking slow, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State, News
White people, it is on us to end racism
We need to be active in calling out hate when we see it — especially when it’s being projected by people we love, writes Emily Higginbotham.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Roots run deep in central Maine for descendants of Nigerian prince
Ahmad Adeyemi Aloya has vacationed in Belgrade most summers over the last 30 years and continues to discover new information about his grandfather, John J. McAuley, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
Get those eclipse glasses ready
Amid myriad leaks emanating from the Oval Office of 45 involving consumption of the sun by snakes or dragons, J.P. Devine reveals sure-fire ways to handle the celestial event.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Lizzie Borden and the dog days of summer
There’s nothing like a cold case from 1892 to distract your brain from current events, writes Liz Soares.