J.P. Devine Podcast: You know who is coming to town

On the Edge: Santa Claus is coming

Christmas memories and a surprise spring forth from a box containing yellowing songbooks with the “standards," J.P. Devine writes.

Reporting Aside: Change in direction gives Waterville’s downtown a whole new look

Motorists get a fresh perspective of downtown Waterville with the new traffic pattern that allows for two-way traffic on Main and Front streets, Amy Calder writes.

Yellowstone’s Duttons are mad, bad and dangerous to know

‘Love Actually’ an amazing Christmas parade of lovers

Thinking Things Through: The way we are now

Readjusting to life in public settings, Liz Soares ponders the way we are now in a state of somewhere between observant and on edge.

J.P. Devine Podcast: Don’t you love a ribbon-cutting?

On the Edge: The cutting of the ribbons

Ribbon-cutting ceremonies are a reminder of the happy, bright future ahead for the living, as well as the shadows of the past, J.P. Devine writes.

Reporting Aside: She fled Ukraine with only her cat and now just wants a work permit for Christmas

An English teacher and editor, Kristina Kovynieva, 29, fled her Ukraine home when the Russians attacked, eventually winding up at an Oakland home where she is acclimating to life in the U.S. with a host family, Amy Calder writes.

‘The Wonder’ is a miracle of a film

This is the best piece of work you’ll see this year, perhaps any year yet, writes J.P. Devine.