While I could tout my hopes for the new year, I thought it would be infinitely more interesting to hear from Waterville area leaders about theirs, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Maestro’ is a ‘big’ picture
“Maestro” movie star Bradley Cooper’s big, new film about composer and world-famous manic conductor Leonard Bernstein, just opened on Netflix. Bernstein, even as a star, was always addressed as “Lenny” by everyone in his world. “Maestro” opens with an aging Bernstein, as he is being interviewed by a film crew at the end of his […]
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Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Resolving to use less plastic
Liz Soares ponders the ways in which she could live a more sustainable life and being less reliant on plastic products emerges as the top prospect.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
On the Edge: Blow the house down
Recalling how he weathered a storm in 1947, J.P. Devine imagines the Big Bad Wolf coming to howl once again.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Weathering a prolonged outage
Losing power the first day of Christmas vacation didn’t portend well for what would become a four-day-long outage in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Golden moment in ‘Archie’ makes entire series worth seeing, J.P. Devine writes
What we have here is a story, one of many, of the man we all loved and thought we knew. Archibald Alexander Leach, better known as Cary Grant, was arguably, the most famous, best known and imitated movie star in film history. Director Paul Andrew Williams’ (“The Cottage,” 2008) “Archie” is partly based on “Dear […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Backyard Naturalist: Winter ruminations while dreaming of warmth
Dana Wilde ponders the changing winter seasons in Maine over the past several decades and his own changing feelings about the seasons.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Orange Chicken on Santa’s beard
With the power out, J.P. Devine looks for light in memories of Christmas outings at the mall.