While the Kennebec River has been cleaned up and great plans have been laid for recreational acitvities on the water, memories of past tragedies remain, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inErin Merrill, Outdoors, Sports
Preserving Maine’s hunting methods, not constitutional rights, is most important | Column
The effort to enshrine the right to hunt and fish in the Maine constitution may not be the solution that hunting supporters think it is, Erin Merrill writes.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Celebrating mothers, and all they do
Losing a mother is tough, but as the years pass, the memories of her become more poignant, and her presence, more closely felt, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine
A Mother’s Day tale shared again and again
J.P. Devine shares a memory of his mother in difficult times.
Posted inJ.P. Devine
No letter today
I watch for our mailman’s truck: it rarely stops more than a couple of times a week now, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Here’s one way to take control in the face of uncertainty
There are steps we can take to prepare for possible price increases due to tariffs, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
After years of giving, a Waterville man’s wish granted
Michael Williams of Waterville, who suffers with a terminal illness, applied for and was granted a wish for his daughter and grandson to visit him from North Carolina, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine
What did your family eat when they came to Waterville?
J.P. Devine talks about the meal choices of the many people who settled the city.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Counting our Easter blessings
When we were young, Easter was about dressing up for church, consuming candy and sharing a sumptuous meal on a day whose significance became clear only after we had aged, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine
Easter and other Marys
J.P. Devine reflects on Easters past and a Mary who has been much maligned.