Reporting Aside: Waterville buggy was a reminder to take foot off the gas, find a slower pace

An Amish man directed his horse and buggy through Waterville traffic this week while on the way to Home Depot, and his journey was a lesson on the importance of slowing down, Amy Calder writes.

New ‘Frasier’ jokes flat, set boring, J.P. Devine writes

Backyard Naturalist: Birds and portents

Dana Wilde mulls the practice of reading bird omens and the meaning of a pileated woodpecker.

J.P. Devine Podcast: ‘Nonagenarian Rules For Dummies’

On the Edge: Where’s your manual?

J.P. Devine ponders the utility of manuals in our lives and how there's a need for a very specific instruction book for people ages 90 to 99.

Reporting Aside: As many have witnessed, homelessness has become a crisis in Waterville

The Waterville community has been generous and empathetic when it comes to helping a growing number of homeless people living in encampments, but it is becoming increasingly apparent that the city can't do it alone and should seek state or federal intervention, Amy Calder writes.

‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ clean, corny and harmless, J.P. Devine writes

Thinking Things Through: Escaping with good books

With all that is going on in the real world right now, Liz Soares relishes diving into a variety of reads.

J.P. Devine Podcast: Repair? What’s that word?

On the Edge: Death of a Maytag

Inhabiting the mind of an old washer, J.P. Devine ponders the unsung heroes of the laundry room over the fullness of time.