Columnist J.P. Devine recalls the exact moment everything stopped and the ice storm forced them to seek shelter.
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On the edge: A shot for flag and country
J.P. Devine recalls hearing war stories from a grizzled old Marine before deciding to join the Air Force and chart his own course as a veteran whose beat still goes on.
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Thinking Things Through: The amazing power of habit
Daily walking and writing habits have brought many benefits, Liz Soares writes.
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Mark LaFlamme: How to get elected by doing nothing
Street Talk: ‘Vote for LaFlamme,’ you’ll see on campaign signs everywhere. ‘He doesn’t know how to do ANYTHING!’
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Amy Calder: We fretted over Thurston, not that it mattered to him
Thurston, a 4-year-old feline, didn’t show much gratitude after his owners sought the care of a vet for a troubling infection, Amy Calder writes.
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Amy Calder: Beware the ghosts and goblins on a Halloween far different from years past
Decades ago, costumes and many other things were far simpler in Skowhegan, when children took to the streets with their pillowcases to collect candy, Amy Calder writes.
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J.P. Devine: The lady in white
This Christmas, as thousands of nurses and doctors in blue scrubs hold the hands of the millions of the dying, J.P. Devine is thinking of his mother in her starched white dress and cap, bringing a cupcake home.
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Hard times get a layer of frosting at Jorgensen’s Café in Waterville
While curbside service has become the rule of survival for Waterville restaurants, the luster of a special dessert to mark a holiday such as Easter can create a special moment in the lives of people eking out a living.
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Amy Calder: At 96, U.S. Navy veteran Clara Gilbert reflects
Gilbert, of Skowhegan, served in the Bureau of Navy Personnel in Arlington, Virginia, from 1943 to 1945.
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Nature-ly Week of July 7 to 13
Weather and nature column