BANGOR – The local arts community suffered a loss Thursday with the death of a Bangor man who made music through parts of five decades. Nathaniel J. Diamond died at the Maine Veterans Home from complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 81. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Nothing escaped Joe Mayo when it came to the finer points of Maine’s laws. “Lots of people know the Bill of Rights, but not so many know the executive powers under the Maine Constitution or understand exactly how a pocket veto works if the Legislature… Read More
BOSTON – Stephen Jay Gould, the paleontologist and author who eloquently demystified science for the public and challenged his colleagues with revolutionary ideas about evolution, died Monday of cancer. He was 60, and died at his home in New York City, according to his assistant,… Read More
LEWISTON – State Rep. Nancy Chizmar of Lisbon, a four-term House member who was running for a Senate seat, died Tuesday at a Lewiston hospital. Chizmar, who was 65, was surrounded by family members when she died at Central Maine Medical Center. She is survived… Read More
BREWER – As Bangor’s youngest mayor and a representative in the state Legislature, James Totman established himself as a devoted civil servant, former officials recalled Friday. Totman, a decorated war hero, died last Saturday at age 81. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
LUBEC – A man who helped start the land-rights movement in Maine died Friday after a long battle with cancer. Ret. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Voight, 80, also will be remembered as a war hero. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian scientist and explorer who challenged accepted views of the spread of civilization and whose account of his “Kon-Tiki” voyage across the Pacific on a balsa wood raft stirred the imaginations of generations of readers, died Thursday. Heyerdahl, 87, died April 18… Read More
GREENVILLE – Richard “Dick” Folsom, a gentle man known worldwide for his skill at flying seaplanes over the rugged terrain in the Moosehead Lake region and who founded the largest seaplane base in the New England states, died last week. He was 83. On Sunday,… Read More
MALDEN, Mass. – Morris Berson, longtime resident of Malden and founder of the Lady Grace Intimate Apparel chain, died April 2 at the Heathwood nursing home in Chestnut Hill. He was 97. Born in 1904 in Bangor, Maine, Berson gained much of his business acumen… Read More
BANGOR – He grew up on First Street, wrote a high school sports column for the Bangor Commercial, and was twice a Crusader – at John Bapst and Holy Cross. And, he told his parents six decades ago, he just wanted “to be a good priest.”… Read More
BANGOR – Oscar E. Remick, academic dean at the Bangor Theological Seminary and a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, died Monday night of cancer at Eastern Maine Medical Center. He was 69. “The death of Oscar Remick represents a great loss to his… Read More
Eileen Farrell, one of the leading dramatic sopranos of her time and a longtime Maine summer resident, died during the weekend. Farrell was 82. She died Saturday at a New Jersey nursing home. The cause of death was not disclosed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – He was a compassionate physician who was deeply interested in his patients, their lifestyles and history, and was reluctant to release them after he treated them successfully for cancer. Friends, co-workers and colleagues are deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Christopher… Read More
GOLDEN, British Columbia – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have identified an American skier killed in a backcountry avalanche in southeastern British Columbia. Dr. Christopher Seitz of North Yarmouth, Maine, died Monday when he was caught in a snow slide in the Dogtooth Mountain Range… Read More
BANGOR – Over the years, Laura Murray welcomed many guests to her Maple Street home. But of all her visitors, perhaps none was so memorable as then-President Jimmy Carter, who stayed at the Bangor native’s home for one night while visiting the city in 1978. Read More
BANGOR – The man in the wheelchair, the one you probably cursed at because he was traveling in your right of way on a busy street instead of on the sidewalk, died on Tuesday. To thousands of people in the area, the man in the… Read More
Renowned psychologist and University of Maine graduate and benefactor Doris Twitchell Allen died Thursday morning in Virginia at age 100. While she was educated and considered a pioneer in the field of psychodrama, Allen, who in 1979 was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, also… Read More
BRISTOL, R.I. – Francis E. Hamabe, a popular Maine artist of national reputation and an art instructor in the state for more than three decades, died March 2 at his home here after a brief illness. He was the husband of Phyllis (Green) Hamabe and… Read More
BANGOR – If you travel along State Street, you’ve probably seen her flowers. Regardless of the season, the glass doorway of Martha Estelle Robinson’s stately white home with yellow awnings across from Eastern Maine Medical Center always featured a fresh floral display. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Dave Smith, a stylish and often elegant writer who covered a number of high-profile stories for the Los Angeles Times – including the trial of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, and the hunt for the Zodiac killer, has died. He was 64. Smith, who… Read More
FALMOUTH – H. Halsey Davis, longtime president of Shaw’s Supermarkets and a pioneer in the development of shopping centers across the region, died Friday at a Portland care facility after a short illness. He was 99. Davis led the food retailer’s growth from two small… Read More
AUGUSTA – Democrat Michael Brennan held a narrow lead after the votes were counted in Tuesday’s special election in the Portland area that will determine the balance of power in the Maine Senate, but Republicans said the election was far from over. Brennan, a former… Read More
BRUNSWICK – A memorial service will be held March 17 in Wilton for George Henry Bass II, who led the shoe company founded by his grandfather through some of its most prosperous years. G.H. Bass II served as president, chairman of the board and chairman… Read More
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BANGOR – If you wanted to run for office as a Democrat in this city, a visit to Momma Baldacci’s was your first stop. Rosemary Baldacci, the restaurant’s owner and matriarch of the Democratic dynasty that includes U.S. Rep. John Baldacci, died Monday evening at… Read More
The grand dame of dance for Greater Bangor is being remembered as a strict but caring teacher who raised the standards for the art in central Maine. Polly L. Thomas died Feb. 18 in Ormond Beach, Fla., at the age of 86. Thomas is best… Read More
PORTLAND – Duane D. “Buzz” Fitzgerald, former president of Bath Iron Works, died Friday morning at Maine Medical Center after a battle with brain cancer. He was 62. Fitzgerald was the son of a shipbuilder and worked at Bath Iron Works from 1988 to 1996,… Read More
Madawaska’s Andy Palmer, a former world-class runner who was the founder and director of the Maine Running Camp in Bar Harbor, collapsed and died near his home in North Carolina on Sunday. He was 48. His death apparently occurred after he had finished a long… Read More
ORONO – A longtime professor at the University of Maine and benefactor to Orono Public Library was remembered Monday for her endless commitment to the education of young people. Katherine Miles Durst, 98, had been a member of the UM faculty in child development from… Read More
KEENE, N.H. – James D. Ewing, co-owner of The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel for nearly four decades, died Monday at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene after a brief illness. He was 85. During his tenure as publisher, the newspaper successfully campaigned for a wide range of… Read More
W1PCD is off the air. That call sign does not belong to a radio or television station, but to an amateur radio operator named Danville S. Webber, who died at age 75 on Thursday at a Bangor hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Maine Senate lost one of its moderate Republican voices Monday with the death of Joel Abromson of Portland. The 63-year-old legislator was being treated for liver cancer at the time of his death, according to Senate President Richard Bennett, R-Norway. Gov. Angus… Read More
PORTLAND – Frank Guthrie Akers Jr., a Boston-born real estate broker who helped revitalize Portland’s Old Port district and transform it into a retail and tourist mecca, died Sunday. He was 72. Akers, who lived in Camden, died at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport… Read More
ALNA – Harry Percival, who led efforts to restore a historic narrow-gauge rail line in central Maine, died Saturday after seeing his dream turn to reality. Percival, who was 71, suffered from cancer aggravated by asbestosis. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
UNITY – Harrison “Doc” Aldrich was an old-fashioned country doctor with a zest for life and devotion to community and family. He was also crazy about sports and had trouble keeping a schedule. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Richard Farrell Kinnaird, a pioneer in optical design technology who helped to develop optics for U.S. spy and space programs, died on Tuesday in Ellsworth. He was 89. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
BANGOR – Dr. Harrison F. Aldrich, founder of a college of osteopathic medicine in Biddeford and a well-known physician in central Maine, died Friday in Bangor. Aldrich, 70, was the founder of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, and he maintained a… Read More
BANGOR – One of Bangor’s most respected and generous philanthropists and business leaders died Tuesday, leaving a void in the city he loved and an empty chair at the board tables of the area’s largest institutions. G. Peirce Webber died at his home on Webster… Read More
BANGOR – Frederick “Buster” Youngs will be remembered by many as the unofficial photographer of Bangor Raceway. Youngs, who died Sunday at the age of 83, spent almost 40 years selling the photos he took at the track. But those who knew him well will… Read More
BROOKSVILLE – Former Ellsworth Fire Chief Everett E. Farnsworth has died after a battle with cancer. Farnsworth died Thursday at his home. He was 57. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
BANGOR – He was loved, respected and admired. The loss of John Silsby Bacon took many by surprise when he died Sunday afternoon at age 71 after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease for more than a year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP – Friends and family called her a great leader and a caring individual. Lt. Gov. Phyllis M. Saunders, 59, died Tuesday at Calais Regional Hospital after a bout with cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
AUGUSTA – A memorial service will be held Monday for Maine lawyer Linda Smith Dyer, who died Thursday at her Winthrop home after a long battle with cancer. She was 53. Dyer was active in politics and government as well as the legal profession and… Read More
NEW YORK – Isaac Stern was one of the last great violinists of his generation, a fiddler who saved Carnegie Hall from the wreckers and a mentor to generations of classical musicians who followed him – Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Yo-Yo Ma among them. Read More
From a small town, Bert Clifford made big things happen. A nationally recognized telephone industry pioneer and Maine philanthropist and one of the founders of Unity College, Clifford died Friday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Ken Ward was captivated by harness racing. He never ceased to marvel at the bugler’s call to the post, the thundering of hooves, the roar of the crowd, the duel down the homestretch, and the railbirds’ shouts of exultation, or groans of dismay, at the… Read More