2013
Russian opposition leader gets 5 years
KIROV, Russia (AP) — Alexei Navalny, one of the Russian opposition’s leading figures, was convicted of embezzlement today and sentenced to five years in prison. Navalny and his supporters claimed the case was politically driven to try to shut down the vehement Kremlin critic and intimidate his supporters. Navalny was found guilty of heading a […]
Pilots challenged by monitoring automated systems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airline pilots spend nearly all their time monitoring automated cockpit systems rather than “hand-flying” planes, but their brains aren’t wired to continually pay close attention to instruments that rarely fail or show discrepancies. As a result, pilots may see but not register signs of trouble, a problem that is showing up repeatedly […]
Ralph W. Fontaine
Ralph W. Fontaine, 83, of Englewood, Florida, passed away July 1, 2013, after a lengthy and courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Born November 20, 1929, in Sabattus, Maine, to Emile and Clara St. Laurent Fontaine, Ralph attended the Lane School in Greene, where he would meet his wife of 64 years, Lucienne Plourde. The two […]
Marie E. Miller
BOWDOINHAM — Marie E. Miller of Ridge Road joined her Heavenly Father on Sunday, July 14, 2013, with loving family by her side at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on March 19, 1925, the fourth of seven children, to Christian and Amalia Schaefer Mertz. She reluctantly left school […]
Rita Mary Chapman
RICHMOND — Rita Mary (Arsenault) Chapman, 88, of Richmond, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2013, at home with her family by her side. Rita was born October 20, 1924, in Sheridan, ME, the daughter of Fred and Mary Goslin Arsenault. She married Leo Chapman on June 1, 1946 and was a stay at home […]
Carrie Sewell French
BRUNSWICK — Carrie Sewell French, 83, went home to be with The Lord on July 16, 2013, surrounded by her loving family following a short period of ill health. Carrie was born in Perham, ME, on March 31, 1930, the daughter of Manzer and Pauline (Faulkner) Sewell. She graduated from Newport High School in Newport, […]
Ross Lantaff
NASHUA, N.H. — Ross Lantaff, 81, a former Times Record pressman, died at his new residence in Nashua, N.H., on July 7, 2013. Interment was at the St. Louis Cemetery in Nashua.