J.P. Devine Podcast: Not all heroes wear capes and masks

On the Edge: No capes, no swords

During Military Appreciation Month, J.P. Devine ponders the many heroes in our lives who risk it all.

Reporting Aside: Sword play for fun and exercise at Waterville park

The Light Club, whose members fence with fake swords, meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.

Farmington school district proposes $45 million 2024-25 budget

The Regional School Unit 9 will be seeing an 8.26% increase in their overall to their budget, but taxpayers will only be responsible for 4.45%.

Movie Review: ‘Wildcat’ won’t be anyone’s choice for a summer’s beach read

Thinking Things Through: Retirement is a journey, not a destination

Liz Soares talks about reckoning with the loss of identity in retirement.

J.P. Devine Podcast: We move on, on Mother’s Day

On the Edge: Mother’s Day

J.P. Devine pauses to remember that we live in a world where mothers and their children are going hungry this very morning.

Reporting Aside: A team born of persistence and passion

Sarah Joliat and her son, Kristian, helped launch an ice hockey program in Maine for those who are intellectually and developmentally disabled.

TV Series Review: ‘Sugar’ is good stuff, and fun to watch, J.P. Devine writes