WISCASSET — Richard D. Wyckoff Sr., 67, of Johnson Street died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at his residence. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island on August 26, 1944, a son of William D. and Ruth F. (Winn) Wyckoff. He attended Culver Military Academy and Miami of Ohio University. On July 15, 1967 he married […]
February 2012
Bergman favorite Erland Josephson dies at 88
STOCKHOLM ( AP) — Swedish actor Erland Josephson, who collaborated with legendary film director Ingmar Bergman in more than 40 films and plays, has died. He was 88. The award-winning actor died at a Stockholm hospital on Saturday following a long battle against Parkinson’s disease, said Royal Dramatic Theatre spokeswoman Christina Bjerkander. Josephson was born […]
Rev. Kenneth B. Wentzel
BRUNSWICK — The Reverend Kenneth Wentzel died unexpectedly on February 21, 2012 in Brunswick at the age of 88. A service in celebration of his remarkable life will be held at a later date. [email protected]
Bernard Frederick Theriault
TOPSHAM — Bernard “Fred” Frederick Theriault, 85, passed away on Friday, February 24 at Mid Coast Hospital, with his family by his side. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, February 28th at 10:00am at All Saints Parish, St. Charles Church, 132 McKeen Street, Brunswick. Burial will take place at 2:00pm at […]
Shots fired at Ohio school
CHARDON, Ohio ( AP) — Gunfire at a high school outside Cleveland injured a number of students this morning, and at least one suspect has been taken into custody, officials said. The shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. at the 1,100- student Chardon High School about 30 miles east of Cleveland, said Civil Deputy Erin […]
Monday Meter
Thumbs Up — Hail to the outgoing chief Maj. Gen. John “Bill” Libby, who will step down March 16 as leader of the Maine National Guard and commissioner of the state Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, served with honor and distinction from the day he stepped into the role in 2003. Libby, 67, […]
Feingold remains undaunted
“The president is wrong.” So says one of the newly appointed co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Those four words headline the website of the organization Progressives United, founded by former U. S. senator — and now Obama campaign adviser — Russ Feingold. He is referring to Obama’s recent announcement that he will accept […]
Quote of the Week
“What happens when you have a child with autism is that many times you feel invisible because the rest of the world doesn’t really know what to do, or they are so scared that they’ll do the wrong thing that they don’t look at you, they don’t speak to you, they don’t smile at your […]
Mitigate, not thwart
To the editor: As one of the residents referred to in Patrick Rael’s Feb. 17 Local Commentary (“Brunswick should demand that NNEPRA heed state standards”), I’d like to state for the record that I am in no way opposed to Brunswick West Neighborhood Coalition (BWNC) members’ efforts to mitigate the impact of the projected layover […]