The Passamaquoddy tribal community at Pleasant Point prepared quietly Friday to honor and bury its leader, Gov. Melvin J. Francis, just hours after his death in a highway crash. Tribal offices and the Pleasant Point reservation’s elementary school were closed. Roads of the reservation in… Read More
BANGOR – Mabel Wadsworth, a pioneer in the advancement of women’s health care and birth control in the state of Maine, died Wednesday, leaving behind a legacy that lives on through a center named in her honor. She was 95. “The work that she did… Read More
BOOTHBAY HARBOR – Stanley R. Tupper of Boothbay Harbor, who represented Maine in Congress from 1961 to 1967 and served in other local, state and federal posts, died Friday at age 84. Tupper died in a local hospital surrounded by his family, his widow, Jill… Read More
WATERVILLE – Jamie Lue, a 2003 graduate of Colby College who starred on its soccer team, was murdered last week in Jamaica, the college reported Wednesday. Lue, 25, an investment analyst, was found shot to death Friday night in his sport utility vehicle. The motive… Read More
WATERVILLE – Family and friends will gather at Lorimer Chapel at Colby College this afternoon to celebrate the life, warmth and generosity of Dorothy “Bibby” Alfond, who died here on New Year’s Eve at age 89. She was the wife of Dexter Shoe founder and philanthropist Harold Alfond. Read More
WATERVILLE – Dorothy “Bibby” Alfond, wife of Dexter Shoe Co. founder and philanthropist Harold Alfond, died Saturday. She was 89. Friends and relatives described her as generous woman who supported her husband’s charitable work as well as contributing to causes in her own right as… Read More
PORTLAND – Julius “Bud” Blake, the creator of the award-winning comic strip “Tiger” that appeared in hundreds of papers worldwide, died Dec. 26 at Maine Medical Center. He was 87. Blake created the strip “Tiger” in 1965 after quitting his job at a New York… Read More
ORLAND – An unofficial tradition among WERU-FM Friday night DJs has been to call each other up during their shows and playfully insult each other. “It was a little game that was played,” WERU-FM General Manager Matt Murphy said Wednesday. “Someone would call up another… Read More
Walter Dickson, a broadcast pioneer who literally brought television to Maine in 1953, then stayed for 44 years as engineer, manager and president of WABI-TV 5 in Bangor, died this week after a brief battle with cancer. He was 90. “He started it all,” said… Read More
WASHINGTON – Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died Saturday. He was 89. McCarthy died in his sleep at an assisted living… Read More
BOSTON – Howard Gotlieb, an archivist for Boston University who collected personal papers from an eclectic mix of contemporary authors, actors and politicians, died Thursday from complications after surgery. He was 79. Born in 1926 in Bangor, Maine, Gotlieb worked as a U.S. Army Signal… Read More
BANGOR – Irving Kagan, a moving force in Maine’s health care industry and the world of competitive free-style skiing, leaves a legacy of community dedication that his closest friends believe will not be matched anytime soon. Kagan, who suffered from a heart condition, died Thursday… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A well-known merchant whose family business has served as an anchor for the city’s downtown district died Tuesday at a Bangor hospital. Sheldon “Ted” Beal, proprietor of Beal’s Jewelry Store Inc., was 77. Friends remembered him as a longtime volunteer firefighter, a devoted… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The city’s first woman councilor and longest serving council member died on Saturday, causing both local residents and the governor to stop and remember “the most determined woman” they could remember. B. Jean Harding, who served on the Presque Isle City Council… Read More
Dr. Robert M. Smith, who led Husson’s graduate program in business for a quarter century, died Saturday after a short battle with esophageal cancer. Smith, a scholar in the fields of business, history and leadership, led the recent academic transition of Husson from a specialty business school to… Read More
KENNEBUNKPORT – Kingsbury Browne Jr., an attorney and influential conservationist who spearheaded the founding of the Land Trust Alliance, died Nov. 11 from pneumonia at a nursing home. He was 82. Browne was regarded as a leader of the American land trust movement and was… Read More
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ELLSWORTH – For a generation of theatergoers Skip Baker was the face and the voice of The Grand Auditorium. For the past 30 years, it was Baker who let them know what was playing each week, sold them their tickets and ran the projector for… Read More
BANGOR – Elizabeth “Jeem” Trowbridge, who smuggled documents about the Nanking massacre out of China in 1938 so the world would know about the atrocities committed during the Japanese occupation, had a thirst for knowledge and a zest for life. That’s how friends remembered the… Read More
VAN BUREN – The St. John Valley on Tuesday was mourning a woman who was passionate about her French heritage and religion, and a woman whose strong devotion and support of the University of Maine at Fort Kent saved it from oblivion 36 years ago. Read More
FARMINGTON, Conn. – Actor and comedian Charles Rocket, who had roles in a variety of movies and TV series and briefly gained notoriety for uttering an obscenity on “Saturday Night Live,” committed suicide, the state medical examiner ruled. Rocket, 56, whose real name was Charles… Read More
SANGERVILLE – Willard Starbird, who spent a lifetime serving the public, died Wednesday at his home. He was 88. Over the years, the Sangerville native gave much to his community and country, from serving in the U.S. Army in World War II to his stint… Read More
AUGUSTA – Austin Wilkins, who pioneered the development of the Maine Forest Service and led the fight against the devastating forest fires of 1947, died Oct. 2 at a nursing home. He was 102. The fires that scorched the landscape in Bar Harbor and southern… Read More
PORTLAND – An 80-year-old former priest who was removed from the ministry due to accusations of sexually abusing minors in Maine has died in Lithuania, the Portland Diocese said Wednesday. Raymond Lauzon died on Monday following a brief illness. At Lauzon’s request, his funeral and… Read More
NEW YORK – William Vacchiano, a trumpeter whose musical career started in Maine and took him to New York Philharmonic and The Juilliard School, has died at 93. Vacchiano was principal trumpet for 31 years at the New York Philharmonic and he never missed a… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Whether he was peddling soda to raise funds for Homecoming or promoting the Boy Scouts, Howard Kesseli embodied community spirit. Kesseli, 74, who spent a lifetime trying to make his community a better place to live, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with… Read More
PORTLAND – Helen W. Longley, wife of Maine’s first independent governor, died Tuesday following a brief illness, according to her son. She was 83. Born Helen Angela Walsh in Springfield, Ohio, Mrs. Longley died surrounded by family and friends at Mercy Hospital, where she had… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina. He was 81. Brown, who had… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The city remembers Bob Poiesz as a man who always thought of others first. Poiesz, 55, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
SCARBOROUGH – E. Spencer Miller, who fought to maintain the independence of the Maine Central Railroad during his more than 25 years as its president, died at his home Aug. 12. He was in his late 90s. Miller, a native of Springfield, Vt., and a… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – The Rev. Katrina Swanson, one of the first women to be ordained as an Episcopal priest, died Saturday at her home in Manset village. She was 70. The Rev. George Swanson, her husband and also an Episcopal priest, said she died of… Read More
LEWISTON – James Dougherty, a former husband of Marilyn Monroe who lived much of his life in Maine, died of complications from leukemia. Dougherty, who was 84, died Monday in San Rafael, Calif. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Austin Goodyear, a keen businessman who expanded Ellsworth Builders Supply from a single store with 10 employees to a company with 10 locations and 300 workers, died Sunday at his home in Brooklin. He was 85 years old. Goodyear, who worked every day… Read More
CALAIS – He was known as a gentleman and a man of integrity, Kenneth “Smitty” Thomas, 77, died unexpectedly Saturday. “He was a wonderful husband and a loving father,” his son Ken Thomas said Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
LOS ANGELES – Barbara Bel Geddes, the winsome actress who rose to stage and movie stardom but reached her greatest fame as Miss Ellie Ewing in the long-running TV series “Dallas,” has died. She was 82. The San Francisco Chronicle said she died Monday of… Read More
To generations of eastern Maine shoppers, going to the supermarket meant going to Doug’s. By the late 1980s, there were eight Doug’s Shop ‘n Save stores located in Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Bucksport and Ellsworth. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND – Described by those who knew him as honest, sincere and genuine, former Penobscot Nation Chief Francis Mitchell died Wednesday at a Bangor hospital after enduring a battle with cancer. He was 64. Tribal offices on the island were closed Friday in memory… Read More
PORTLAND – James Erwin, a former Maine attorney general who twice ran unsuccessfully for governor, died Thursday, two days after suffering a stroke. Erwin was 84 years old. A leading figure in the Maine Republican Party, Erwin served in both the state House and Senate… Read More
The members of the Maine running community affectionately referred to Lamoine’s Bill Pinkham as “Q-Tip” in honor of his flat-top featuring all white hair. But the running community suffered a devastating loss Monday when Pinkham collapsed and died after finishing the Walter Hunt Memorial Fourth… Read More
John Supranovich believed you should get what you pay for. For 33 years, Bangor’s top consumer advocate and a small band of volunteers worked to recoup losses for more than 300,000 Mainers bilked, scammed and cheated out of their money. Often referred to as the… Read More
BANGOR – Malcolm E. Morrell Jr., a prominent Bangor lawyer who served as clerk of the Bangor Publishing Co. for more than 28 years and also as its general counsel, died on Friday at the age of 77 after a long battle with cancer. Born… Read More
A longtime Maine State Police detective who investigated some of the state’s most grisly homicides died recently after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Family members, friends and former colleagues Tuesday remembered Barry Shuman, who lived in Brewer most of his adult life, as a… Read More
LEVANT – Suzanne Smith never made it to a ceremony on Sunday afternoon during which the Levant Elementary School was renamed in her honor, but she knew before she died that the school would bear her name. Smith, who worked at the school for more… Read More
PORTLAND- Dick Doyle, who covered high school sports for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram for 44 years, died Friday night. He was 86. Doyle retired as a fulltime sportswriter in 1984 but continued on a parttime basis until the early 1990s. The… Read More
Hampden’s John Frawley recalled hearing Austin Kelly refer to the Bangor Municipal Golf Course as his “mistress.” The man who was the professional and the superintendent at the course from its inception in 1964 until his retirement in 1995 died Friday at the age of… Read More
PORTLAND – Dragon Cement and Concrete Products’ longtime president, Joseph M. Koch III, died Friday after a long battle with a brain tumor. For the past 12 years, Koch led the company through major changes, particularly the recent $50 million expansion of the company’s Thomaston… Read More
OGUNQUIT – John Laurent, a prominent Maine painter known for his landscapes and seascapes, died April 14 at the age of 83. Laurent explored a broad range in his paintings, experimenting with both realism and abstraction. Some of his work focused on fly fishing, a… Read More
Arthur Buswell, 83, who served as president for the University of Maine at Machias between 1971 and 1981, died Wednesday in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he moved in 1984 after leaving Machias. Buswell arrived in Machias after working 20 years at the University of Alaska. He… Read More
MADAWASKA – Elmo Albert, Madawaska farmer, businessman and civil servant left a legacy of community service, hard work and friendship when he passed away Wednesday, 81 years to the day he was born in the town he called home all his life. Albert, 81, was… Read More
LINCOLN – Sheila Tenggren was one of those newspaper people who never hesitated to let you know where she stood or where you were, either. That’s why local leaders uniformly expressed sadness Monday at news of the Lincoln News editor and publisher’s death Friday at… Read More
CALAIS – Byron Burke, the former city manager and former Washington County commissioner, died Saturday after having been diagnosed with cancer last month. Burke, 58, died at Calais Regional Hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Neil Welliver, an artist internationally known for large-scale landscape paintings of the Maine woods, died April 5 at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast. The cause, according to his art dealer and family friend Phil Alexandre of New York City, was complications from pneumonia. He was 75. Read More
PORTLAND – John O’Leary, a Portland lawyer who served as a city councilor and went on to become a U.S. ambassador to Chile, died Saturday of Lou Gehrig’s disease at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 58. O’Leary began his career in Portland in… Read More
BAILEYVILLE – Frank “Doug” Jones, a retired restaurateur and paper mill electrician who served the town for 42 years as one of its council members, died of lung cancer early Tuesday morning at a Bangor hospital. Jones had been diagnosed with lung cancer less than… Read More
BANGOR – Educator Wendell G. Eaton was remembered as a tireless advocate for learning who loved his community and was committed to making it better. Eaton, 86, died Thursday at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was associated with Bangor schools for three decades,… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former U.S. Rep. Tillie Fowler, who became prominent on defense issues during her four terms in Congress, died Wednesday, two days after suffering a brain hemorrhage. She was 62. Fowler, who was known as the “Steel Magnolia” for her quiet tenacity in… Read More
BANGOR – Longtime political activist Arvilla Verceles was remembered Thursday as a fiery and opinionated woman and a champion for residents with handicaps who wasn’t afraid to take on city hall when it came to issues she cared about. Verceles, 85, died Wednesday of natural… Read More
BREWER – Former state Democratic Party chairman Paul Chretien was remembered by fellow Democrats as a longtime labor supporter and advocate for education. Chretien, 67, died Feb. 17. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
LEWISTON – Georgette Berube, a Lewiston native who served 26 years in the Maine Legislature and ran unsuccessfully for governor, died Wednesday. The 77-year-old Berube served six of her legislative terms in the House of Representatives, from 1971 to 1982, then seven more in the… Read More
PORTLAND – Ruth Farabee Clark will be remembered for singing and dancing onstage, and for her vivacious personality. For many, though, she’ll be best remembered for her efforts to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. Farabee Clark, who died Jan. 27 at 55, twice… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Peter A. Garland, a lifelong public servant and one-term congressman, has died. He was 81. Garland, who died Wednesday at Mid Coast Hospital, served as the mayor of Saco in the 1950s before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Maine’s… Read More
PORTLAND – L. Robert Porteous, a philanthropist, state lawmaker and entrepreneur whose family name was synonymous with retail, has died. He was 81. For years, the flagship Porteous, Mitchell and Braun department store was a destination on Congress Street. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BREWER – A well-known local Catholic priest was remembered Tuesday by friends as a compassionate man whose firm hand and blunt tongue instilled respect in those who knew him. The Very Rev. Richard E. Harvey, 84, died early Tuesday morning at St. Joseph Hospital in… Read More
LEWISTON – Award-winning mystery writer Charlotte MacLeod, whose specialty was the “cozy” mystery, died Friday in a Lewiston nursing home. She was 82. MacLeod wrote more than 30 novels in which the protagonists were often amateur sleuths who stumbled upon their mysteries. Her books eschewed… Read More
The Rev. Robert Sullivan, 92, a priest who counted his 23 years as chaplain at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and his 26 years as a teacher in Iraq among his most important accomplishments, died Jan. 9 at a Jesuit retreat center in Weston, Mass. Read More
OLD TOWN – A former Old Town police chief who helped many officers get their start in law enforcement is remembered by those who knew him as a well-respected, caring individual. Dale Gauthier, 63, died last weekend after a battle with cancer that had spread… Read More
PORTLAND – Edward Godfrey, founding dean of the University of Maine School of Law, former justice on Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court and an eminent figure in state and national legal circles, has died. He was 91. Godfrey, who died Wednesday, loved the law school he… Read More
BAR HARBOR – College of the Atlantic graduate Rebecca Clark died doing what she loved most: studying the ocean and its creatures. Clark, 32, died in the catastrophic tsunami that struck a dozen Southeast Asia nations on Dec. 26, killing nearly 160,000 at last count… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – There was no one, friends decided Friday, quite like Lawrence “Tib” Thibodeau. The 89-year-old Presque Isle resident and potato industry leader passed away on Dec. 29 after having spent 60 years serving in an industry that he helped advance. Political leaders and… Read More
Jane Muskie stood by her husband through his long political career, and Edmund Muskie lost his bid for the U.S. presidency when he stood by her on a snowy February morning in Manchester, N.H., in 1972. Even the Washington Post reporter who so famously described… Read More
BANGOR – Norm Palmer, a swimming coach and official for more than 30 years, was remembered Monday as a wonderful man, father and a true friend and contributor to swimming and diving at all levels in Maine. Palmer, a member of the Maine Swimming Hall… Read More
JONESPORT – Some people spend their lives doing what they love, and that was the way it was for Barna B. Norton. For 40 years, Norton ferried bird lovers from around the world to Machias Seal Island, 20 miles out to sea, to watch the… Read More
BANGOR – Richard Burr Bronson Sr., a television pioneer who was instrumental in bringing the small screen to life in Bangor, died last Friday at the age of 84. Bronson started out in radio in 1941 in Massachusetts and moved to the Bangor area to… Read More
HALLOWELL – The celebration of JFK impersonator Abbott Vaughn Meader’s life began when the musician’s widow set fire to a mock funeral pyre in the Kennebec River. Gathered along the bank, Meader’s friends had watched the blue basket piled with notes and photos, trinkets and… Read More
GEORGETOWN – Peter W. Cox, a co-founder of Maine Times and an advocate for the state’s environment, died Thursday night after a battle with esophageal cancer. He was 67. In addition to Maine Times, a statewide weekly whose introduction coincided with the birth of the… Read More
DAMARISCOTTA – Ella Payne of Waldoboro, widow of former Maine Gov. and U.S. Sen. Frederick Payne, died Monday at a nursing home where she lived. She was 97. Payne was active in community affairs during the years her husband was in public office, as governor… Read More
PORTLAND – Former Maine first lady Cora Reed, who suffered a stroke 10 days ago, died Sunday in a Washington, D.C., hospice. Reed, who was 84, was the wife of former Gov. John Reed, who occupied the Blaine House from 1959 to 1967. He later… Read More
AUBURN – Vaughn Meader, who gained instant fame satirizing the presidency of John F. Kennedy in the multimillion-selling album “The First Family,” only to have his star plummet when the president was assassinated, died Friday. He was 68. Meader, who had battled chronic emphysema and… Read More
CASTINE – Clark Battle Fitz-Gerald, a sculptor who moved to Castine in 1956 to find artistic inspiration in the quiet and simplicity of small town life, died Monday morning at home. He was 87 and had been in declining health for some months, but was drawing and planning… Read More
Jeff Cole knew last week the cancer that had been ravaging his body for the past 3 1/2 years would soon take his life. He had hoped to visit the University of Maine, where the Black Bears’ assistant football coach could talk to his beloved… Read More
ORONO – The men that make up Three Mo’ Tenors sang it all on Saturday night at the Maine Center for the Arts’ opening gala. Ramone Diggs, Kenneth Gayle and Marvin Scott easily moved from Broadway to Motown to gospel to opera and back during… Read More
DAMARISCOTTA – Arthur Mengies Johnson, the former president of the University of Maine best known among his colleagues for reuniting the Orono campus after a troubled time, died suddenly Saturday, Sept. 18, at his home at age 83, according to family members. “He was a… Read More
ORONO – Welch Everman, a University of Maine English professor best known among his colleagues for his generosity and among his students for his wide range of knowledge, died Friday, Sept. 17, at his home at age 57 after a two-year battle with lung cancer. Read More
HOULTON – Hundreds of former colleagues, students and friends said goodbye this week to a longtime educator and friend. Elwood Scott, 77, a former Houlton teacher and administrator, died Sept. 2 after a long illness. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
PERRY – He achieved statewide recognition with his folksy ads about his son, 2nd Congressional District Republican nominee Kevin Raye. Harry Raye, 82, died Monday at an Eastport nursing home after a long illness. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
AUGUSTA – Kenneth Allen, a former State House aide, died Thursday in an Augusta hospital. He was 53. Allen graduated from the University of Maine and for years worked at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Waterville. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
FRYEBURG – A memorial service is set for Tuesday for state Rep. Kevin Muse of Fryeburg. The Republican lawmaker, who was 53, died of heart failure early Saturday morning. Muse, an avid sportsman, founded and was president of Fly Fish America and On Target magazines. Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – The season certainly didn’t start the way crew chief Richard ‘Slugger’ Labbe of Saco and driver Michael Waltrip had wanted. After the first five races, the No. 15 NAPA Chevy was 37th in points with four finishes of 33rd or worse. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ORANGE, Calif. – Former University of Maine President Paul H. Silverman, 79, died Thursday night at the University of California-Irvine Medical Center from complications of a bone marrow transplant. A native of Minneapolis, Minn., Silverman served as UMaine’s 13th president, from Aug. 1980 to March… Read More
BANGOR – Nick Smith struck out 11 batters and gave up seven hits in seven innings to lead Holbrook by Brewer 3-1 in the District 3 baseball all-star tourney for ages 13-14 at Mansfield Stadium Saturday. Nick Smith also had two singles and an RBI… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – Raymond J. Blair, a retired newsman and public relations executive, died June 27 at Maine Medical Center. He was 85. Blair was diagnosed two years ago with a bone marrow disease and had taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks. Read More
BELFAST – Friends and fellow revelers in the unknown gathered Thursday to pay tribute to artist and physicist Bern Porter, a force of nature whose 93 years were filled with fun, disillusion and a profound love of all forms of art. He died last week… Read More
BERWICK – An overflow crowd of at least 700, almost all of them wearing pink, packed the Family Christian Center on Monday to pay last respects to Treasure Genaw, who was stabbed to death less than two weeks before she turned 18. “I’m convinced Treasure… Read More
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Ronald Reagan was remembered with jelly beans, flowers and American flags on Sunday at memorials in his hometown and outside the mortuary where the former president’s body lay. “Thank you for changing the world,” said a handwritten note among the tokens… Read More
PORTLAND – Mike McCardell, whose conservative-minded phone calls to a popular radio talk show prompted management to recruit him as a broadcaster, died while visiting family in Pennsylvania. McCardell, co-host of the “WGAN Morning News with Mike and Ken,” died Friday evening of an apparent… Read More
AUBURN – Lisa Giguere, a longtime reporter and editor for the Sun Journal of Lewiston, died Tuesday after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. She was 52. Giguere, a University of Maine graduate, began her career in 1974 as a reporter with the Lewiston Evening… Read More
BANGOR – Many in the city were stunned by the unexpected death on Saturday of a woman whose work on behalf of those facing economic challenges spanned more than two decades. Mary-Anne Chalila, the city’s health and welfare director, was remembered this week as a… Read More
GRAY – Warren Cole, former owner of the Cole Farms Restaurant who went to prison after admitting molesting more than a dozen boys, has died in Skowhegan. He was 87. No cause was given. In 1992, Cole was sentenced to six years in prison after… Read More
BANGOR – Dr. Thaddeus Jozefowicz, 61, a prominent neurologist, died of cancer Wednesday morning in Bangor. A noted practitioner and teacher in his decade at Acadia Hospital, Jozefowicz was also known for his openness about being a recovering narcotics addict. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More