Peter Garrett of Winslow and Nancy Williams of Waterville have been working for about a year to develop plans for a scenic gravel trail that would meander through Waterville’s South End along the Kennebec River and include a park adjacent to the water, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Banderas, Cruz won’t disappoint in ‘Official Competition’
Buenos Días. Tomorrow, you’ll attend the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville. You’ll want to buy a ticket to “Official Competition,” a Spanish film about a dying billionaire (José Luis Gómez) who wants to be remembered for something other than his money, so he buys a Nobel Prize winning novel called “Rivalry,” for one of those […]
On the Edge: Hello? Goodbye.
J.P. Devine says goodbye to New York City’s last phone booth.
Reporting Aside: A labor of love for one Winslow couple
Steve DuBois and his wife, Sue, have been through more than most people can imagine, living life with hope and love, Amy Calder writes.
‘God’s Favorite Idiot’ a train wreck
After slogging through the first two segments of Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone’s new Netflix series, I would add that there are additional idiots on God’s list, and that would be everyone connected to this train wreck, with the notable exception of Ms. McCarthy. Not even God herself would diminish the gifts of this […]
Backyard Naturalist: Food for thought
We have a moral responsibility to the Earth and we need to do better so things don’t stop working, Dana Wilde writes.
On the Edge: The old man and the sea
Reflecting on the story of his “Old Man,” J.P. Devine tries to reconstruct a picture of his father.