To the editor: At 6:30 p.m. Feb. 11, my 50- pound Airedale puppy, Stoney, was struck and killed by a hitand run driver in front of our house in Pownal. That stretch of Poland Range Road is dirt and riddled with potholes and icy washboards, yet somehow, the driver managed to be traveling fast enough […]
February 2012
What is she thinking?
To the editor: So Trista Reynolds wants to sue the Department of Health and Human Services for her child’s tragic disappearance? While we all pray for little Ayla’s safe return, I can’t help but be a little outraged at this potential lawsuit. Did she concoct this in her mind or did some big, fat-cat lawyer […]
Mildred J. Weed
BRUNSWICK — Mildred ” Millie” J. Weed, age 87, of River Road in Brunswick died Thursday, February 23, 2012. She was born September 4, 1924 in Hartford, CT the daughter of Jerry and Marion ( Bragdon) Crosman. She was educated in Brunswick schools and graduated from Brunswick High School with the Class of 1934. She […]
George Emmerson
BRUNSWICK — George Emmerson, 92, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick after a life dedicated to family and to the sea. George was recently predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Peggy Emmerson. He was a resident of The Garden at the Midcoast Senior Health Center. George was born in […]
Sandra Joan Schrader
TOPSHAM — Sandra J. Schrader, age 60 of Old Middlesex Road, passed away on the morning of February 27th, 2012 unexpectedly at her home. Sandy was born on January 7, 1952 to Veron Dale and Gloria Benedict Sutton of Rochester, Indiana. When Sandy was young, her family moved to Arizona, where she later met her […]
Eugene Franklin Dow
TOPSHAM — Eugene “Gene” Franklin Dow of Topsham and Brunswick passed away suddenly Thursday February 16, 2012 at Hawthorne House in Freeport, Maine. Gene was born in Houlton, Maine November 11, 1927, the oldest son of Gladys (Henderson) and Elbert Andrew Dow. He grew up on the family farm on the Framingham Road in Littleton. […]
Rose Antonecchia
BATH — Rose Antonecchia died peacefully of natural causes Saturday, February 25, 2012, at the age of 102. In a journey that began with parents from the hill top villages surrounding Campobasso, Italy and ended at Hill House in Bath, Maine, Maria Giovanna Rosina Simone Antonecchia was born to Donata ( Yannantuono) and Orazio Simone […]
7 indicted in alleged $375M health care fraud
DALLAS (AP) — Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they’ve found most of his work was a lie. They accused Roy on Tuesday of “ selling his signature” to collect Medicare and Medicaid payments for work that was never […]
Harold John Brown Jr.
BRUNSWICK — Harold J. Brown Jr., age 90, passed away Saturday afternoon at the Horizons Living and Rehabilitation Center in Brunswick, minutes after a final visit with his wife of 67 years Letha, his son Bud, and Bud’s wife Sally. He was a lifelong resident of Georgetown, only leaving briefly during World War II when […]
Donna Layton
WISCASSET — Donna Layton, 69, of Wiscasset passed away on Monday, February 27th with her husband by her side. She was born in Bath, on July 18, 1942, the daughter of Richard and Gladys ( Watson) Morse. She grew up in Bath and graduated from Morse High School, class of 1960. On June 25, 1960 […]