Thinking Things Through: A love affair with movies

From the cinema to video stores, VCRs, DVD-by-mail and streaming, Liz Soares ponders her relationship with selecting the best movies to watch.

On the Edge: Happy Mother’s Day

As J.P. Devine marks Mother's Day, he's also thinking of Hollywood writers who are striking and his own family working in the entertainment industry.

Reporting Aside: Volunteers who give aid to others hope one day they’ll be ‘completely unnecessary’

A small group of people with the Greater Waterville Area Poverty Action Coalition/Poor People's Campaign staff a table each Friday in Waterville to provide basic necessities to those in need, Amy Calder writes.

‘Showing Up’ qualifies as ‘slow cinema,’ writes Devine

Backyard Naturalist: Time, temperature and voices from the past

Dana Wilde considers whether the ocean is expanding even more quickly than anybody who knows what’s going on suspects.

J.P. Devine Podcast: Memories from The Last Unicorn

On the Edge: Sorry for your loss

In the wake of a fire that destroyed The Last Unicorn, J.P. Devine remembers his own history with the landmark Waterville restaurant.

Reporting Aside: Inch by inch, row by row, a small group makes community grow

Steven Jones, who owns Fieldstone Gardens in Vassalboro, was joined this week by two of his employees at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville to bring some color to the garden beds, and to the lives of passersby, Amy Calder writes.

‘What’s Love got to do with It?’ a sweet, happy, lovable love story starring Lily James, writes Devine

Thinking Things Through: Naming the birdsongs I’m hearing

Using a phone app, Liz Soares marvels at the insight she's gaining into the types of birds she's hearing in nature.