Dixie L. Adams Carter, age 75, widow of L. Gale Carter, passed peacefully on June 11, 2013, with family and friends by her side. Survivors include daughter Gail Morton, granddaughter Constance Morton and her fiance Adam Austin, greatgrandchildren Tyler, Kaleb and Jacob. Also daughter Peggy McCabe and husband James McCabe. Granddaughter Amy McCabe Mauro and […]
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Rosemarie Merrill
BRUNSWICK — A committal service for Rosemarie Merrill, 70, who died Jan. 31, 2013, will be held at 11 a.m., Sunday, June 30 at Riverside Cemetery, River Road, Brunswick. Arrangements are in the care of Brackett Funeral Home in Brunswick.
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Eleanor L. Purington
BOWDOINHAM — Eleanor L. Purington, 92, of Bowdoinham, died on April 20, 2013, in Augusta. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, June 22 at 3 p.m. at Bowdoinham Village Cemetery, Cemetery Road. Arrangements by Funeral Alternatives in Augusta.
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Roy Weymouth Jr.
BAILEY ISLAND — Dr. Roy Weymouth Jr. died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at his home. Friends and family can visit 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2013, at Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick. A funeral service will follow at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bailey Island Union Church.
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Actor James Gandolfini, 51, dies of cardiac arrest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini’s lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV’s indelible characters. But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in HBO’s landmark drama series “The Sopranos” was just one facet of an actor who created a rich legacy of film and stage work in a […]
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Country singer Slim Whitman dies at 90
MIAMI (AP) — Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!,” died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90. Whitman died of heart failure at Orange Park Medical Center, […]
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Mainers against drones
Of all the newly discovered methods of invading your privacy, drones seem the most insidious. It’s a shame we have to rummage through all the various, recently uncovered efforts by government forces to track your every move. If there’s a primary disappointment with the Obama administration, it is this unprecedented, mostly unwarranted reach into Americans’ […]
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Brunswick schools have so much going for them
I was born and raised in Brunswick and left our little town in August 2011 to begin my undergraduate studies in Rochester, N.Y. A week after completing my sophomore year finals, I began a 10-week community engagement program with a few of my peers that focuses on the most pressing issues within the city. The […]
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In Boston, a scene from ‘The Sopranos’
BOSTON — One man’s hit man is another’s humanitarian. Johnny “The Executioner” Martorano, who turned government witness and copped to killing 20 people as part of Whitey Bulger’s Winter Hill Gang, explained to Whitey’s lawyer in federal court he was motivated by love of family and friends. “I didn’t enjoy killing anybody,” he said. “I […]