TOPSHAM — Surrounded by family and friends, Becky Winfield, 53, of Topsham, Maine, passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday afternoon, May 22, 2014. The day started like most springtime days in Maine; birds singing, an early morning mist, and the sun peaking through the clouds. Her brave and courageous battle with cancer had […]
May 2014
Amilda M. “Millie” Szczepanski
TOPSHAM — Amilda M. Szczepanski, 94, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 27, 2014, at the Hill House in Bath, following a lengthy illness. “Millie” was born in Bath, ME, on March 13, 1920, the daughter of the late James and Estella Comeau. She was a graduate of Morse High School, class of 1939, and […]
William Clifford Perkins Jr.
William Clifford Perkins Jr., 73, passed away last year on April 30, 2013, at Forsythe Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was born in Wilmington, Del., to the late William C. Perkins Sr. and the late Estella Bedford Perkins. He is preceded in death by his brother Robert Perkins of Florida. He is survived by his […]
Frances Viola Brown
BOWDOINHAM — Frances Viola Brown, 96, of Bowdoinham, passed away at her home on Monday, May 26, 2014, with her family by her side. She was born in Turner, Maine, on Feb. 25, 1919, the daughter of John and Hattie (Lang) Turner. Frances grew up in Turner and attended schools there. She married Alonzo Brown […]
Norman Henry Munn
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norman Henry Munn, independent scholar, writer and teacher, died on Feb. 3, 2014, at the Georgetown University Hospital. He was 73. Henry was born in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 21, 1940, son of Anna L. Sullivan of Springfield, Mass., and Norman L. Munn of Adelaide, Australia. He was raised in Brunswick, Maine, […]
Marion A. Boucher
BATH — Marion A. Boucher, 86, died Monday, May 26, 2014, at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. She was born in Yarmouth on March 28, 1928, a daughter of Harold and Tressa (Duquette) Corliss. She graduated from Morse High School and married Leonard Boucher. She was employed at Health Tex in Brunswick for 21 years […]
Joan P. White
AUBURN — Joan P. White, age 82, of Clover Manor, died Sunday, May 25, 2014. She is survived by her daughter, Sherida Titus and her husband Wayne of Minot, granddaughter Tina Titus and her fiancé Paul Bilodeau and their daughter MacKenzie, all of Lisbon Falls, and granddaughter Ashley Coates and her husband Nick and their […]
2 juvenile lifers getting first parole hearings
BOSTON Two Massachusetts inmates sentenced to life without parole as juveniles will be the first to have parole hearings since the state’s highest court struck down mandatory life sentencing for young offenders in December. Joseph Donovan, 38, and Frederick Christian, 37, will have hearings on Thursday. They’re among 63 inmates serving juvenile life without parole […]
Maine schools can delay graduation requirements
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s top education official says public school districts can now take up to two extra years to implement new proficiencybased graduation requirements if they need the time. Education Commissioner Jim Rier spelled out six ways to apply for extensions in a letter Wednesday to superintendents. Under the new system, created by a […]
Maya Angelou dies at 86
NEW YORK Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance woman who survived the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and the inaugural dais, died Wednesday, her son said. She was 86. Angelou’s son, Guy B. Johnson, said the writer died at her home in Winston- Salem, North Carolina, where she […]