In the Field: My high school served moose meat

In 1965, four schoolboy hunters helped transform a tragedy into a food bonanza for their fellow students.

On the Edge: The last doctor

I was at the time, a strapping figure of a semi middle-aged fellow, a retired actor/writer who, at the behest of She, came here to grow old. And now we’re talking about doctors?

Reporting Aside: Front & Main chef leaves Waterville with a gift

The executive chef at a Waterville restaurant who is moving out of state wanted to leave a "parting gift" — one that was key to his own survival while growing up, Amy Calder writes.

J.P. Devine Podcast: ‘Interesting times’ in Japan as a 21-year-old

On the Edge: May you live in interesting times

In this week's column, J.P. Devine reminisces about his times as a 21-year-old in Japan.

Reporting Aside: Fruitful Thanksgivings of the past

In the 1960s, we enjoyed family Thanksgivings that nourished body, mind and soul, Amy Calder writes.

Stan Eames, longtime Kennebec Journal editor, remembered for civility, dignity in the newsroom

Eames, who grew up in Hallowell, died Nov. 5. He was 83.

J.P Devine Podcast: ‘I can barely walk’, but I’m learning to fly

On the Edge: Come fly with me

I was an actor and stand up comic for 57 years, you know, and I’m really good at standing 'backstage' and taking a deep breath before going on to make you laugh, J.P. Devine writes.

Reporting Aside: A passion for preserving family history in Winslow

Volunteers helped move 348 boxes of books and other items Wednesday from the Taconnet Falls Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Lithgow Street in Winslow to a temporary donated space at the former St. John Catholic School about a mile away.