To the editor: Each member of our fifth grade class is working on a project called the “Parade of States.” We are responsible for gathering as much information as we can from a number of sources. I have chosen Maine for my state. If any of your readers would help me out by sending any […]
2012
Which Mitt will Romney reveal to the nation?
Maybe I should have seen all this coming that first time I met Mitt Romney in the paneled study of his Belmont, Mass., house nearly 10 years ago. He was fresh from turning around the Olympics in Salt Lake City. He was a well-spoken, multimillionaire businessman who had heard the siren call of public service […]
Anna E. Courson
BRUNSWICK — Anna E. Courson, 97, died peacefully in her sleep on December 28, 2011, at a Brunswick nursing home just days after celebrating her "best Christmas ever" with family and close friends surrounding her bed. Anna was born in Soldier Pond, the thirteenth of fifteen children born to Willie and Vitaline Levesque Bouchard, on […]
Mary Louise Ketchum
WEST BATH — Mary Louise Ketchum, 81, formally of West Bath, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2011 at St. Andre Health Care facility in Biddeford. She was the daughter of the late William H. and Anna Pearl Ketchum of West Bath. Mary was also predeceased by her older brother William H. Ketchum, Jr. Mary […]
Andrew J. Klaiber
BOWDOIN — Andrew J. Klaiber, 45, of Meadow Rd. Topsham, died unexpectedly on December 31, 2011. Andrew was born in Waterville on June 24, 1966, a son of Harold and Jean Klaiber. He was educated in local schools graduating from Waterville High in 1986 and going on to Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute where he […]
DEATH NOTICE
LISBON — Jenny Libby died Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
A celebration of life remembrance, acknowledging our loss of Harriet Keith Furman Rice, will be held on January 7, 2011 from 1 – 3 p.m. at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath, ME 04530. www.mainemaritimemuseum.org (207) 443-1316
MEMORIAL SERVICE
BOWDOINHAM — John S. Ackley, died on Monday, December 12, 2011. Family and friends are invited to a memorial service on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bowdoinham Fire Station, 57 Post Road, Bowdoinham. Arrangements are under the care of Kincer Funeral Home, 130 Pleasant St., Richmond, ME 04357.
After slim Iowa win, Romney seeks a big N.H. victory
After pocketing a big endorsement from John McCain, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seeking to lock down support in New Hampshire while courting conservatives in bellwether South Carolina. His latest top rival, Rick Santorum, is facing renewed scrutiny of his record after a surprise showing in Iowa’s caucuses. The newly recast field finds Romney, […]
Longtime Navajo Code Talkers group president dies
Keith Little envisioned a place that would house the stories of the Navajo Code Talkers and where people could learn more about the famed World War II group who used their native language as a weapon. His family now hopes to carry out his dream of a museum near the Arizona- New Mexico border that […]