WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says he’s “almost there” in his six-year pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination after defeating Rick Santorum in the Illinois GOP primary. There are signs that big GOP donors agree, as major contributors shift more dollars in his direction. “ Tonight’s win means we are that much closer to securing […]
2012
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De Niro: Meant no offense with joke
WASHINGTON ( AP) — Robert De Niro says he meant no offense when he joked at a presidential fundraiser featuring Michelle Obama that America might not be ready for a white first lady. “My remarks, although spoken with satirical jest, were not meant to offend or embarrass anyone — especially the first lady,” De Niro […]
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Warm winter means no tulips for derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — It’s called the Run for the Roses, but thousands of tulips are also part of the landscape at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby. Not this year. Track horticulture director Matt Bizzell says the unusually warm winter means the tulips will bloom about two weeks too early for the first Saturday […]
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Richard Allen Rousseau
PINELLAS PARK, FL — The Florida sunshine dimmed for a moment on Friday, March 16, 2012 as Richard Allen Rousseau, 77, passed away at the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas County, with his beloved wife, Nancy at his side. His sweet soul found peace after a courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife […]
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Mary L. Fay
BRUNSWICK — Mary L. Fay, age 79 of Brunswick and formerly of Denver, CO, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Horizons Living and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Denver on September 10, 1932, a daughter of Charles J. and Margaret E. Hoag Haley. She graduated from St. Francis de Sales High […]
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Gwendolyn Binks Moore
TOPSHAM — Gwendolyn Binks Moore died of cancer on Saturday March 17, 2012. She had been a resident of Maine since 2001. During her years here she devoted much of her time to managing the Gwen Moore Children of China Fund, a nonprofit whose mission is educating children in one of the poorest, rural areas […]
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George W. Naugler
DURHAM — Mr. George W. Naugler, age 84, of Royalsborough Rd. in Durham passed away Sunday evening March 18th at The Hospice House in Auburn, with his family at his side. He was born in Topsham October 10, 1927, a son of George W. and Crystal N. (Burpee) Naugler. George was educated in Brunswick schools, […]
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Lucy Woodward
HARPSWELL — Lucy Woodward of Harpswell died on March 19th, 2012 at the age of 91. Mrs. Woodward is survived by her sister Mary McCarvel, her children and their spouses Andrew and Sherri, Jane and Jim, Margaret and Marc, Peter and Patty, and Caroline, twelve grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, together […]
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Former Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell dies at 89
NEW ORLEANS ( AP) — Mel Parnell, the left-handed pitcher who faced the infamous Green Monster at Fenway Park and some of the best hitters of the 1940s and early 1950s, has died at age 89. His son, Dr. Mel Parnell Jr., said today he informed the team of his father’s death. Parnell, a New […]
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Rev. Kenneth Wentzel
BRUNSWICK — A service honoring the life of Rev. Kenneth Wentzel will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at First Parish Church, 207 Maine St., Brunswick, ME. All are welcome. [email protected]