BATH — Mary-Anne Dodge, 67, of Tower Circle, a lifelong resident of Bath, passed on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at Gosnell House in Scarborough. She was born in Bath on Aug. 13, 1947, a daughter of Andrew Paul and Betty Gene (Shively) Csorosz. In 1965, she graduated from Morse High School. On June 29, 1966, […]
February 2015
Joseph A. Coppens
TOPSHAM — Joseph Coppens, age 26, of Clearview Lane, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at his home in Topsham. He was born in Brunswick on Dec. 2, 1988, the son of Cheryl and Kevin Coppens. He attended Topsham schools and graduated from Mt. Ararat in 2007. Joe received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from […]
Donielle M. Lee
GARDINER — Donielle Marie Lee, 40, died on Feb. 5, 2015, at her home in Gardiner. Born at Blytheville Air Force Base in Blytheville, Ark., on Feb. 25, 1974, Donielle is survived by her mother, Janice Bond Lee of Gardiner, her grandparents, David E. and Sally Lee of Bath, her three sons Cameron and Lucas […]
DEATH NOTICE
Carole A. Hathorn LONDON, Ky. — Carole Ann (Kelleher) Hathorn, age 76, wife of Everett Hathorn, of Chalet Trail, London, Ky., passed away Wednesday at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted at a later date. There will be no visitation. London Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Environmentalists dig in for a long fight over crude oil
PORTLAND Environmental groups are digging in for a long fight against a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn South Portland’s ban on loading crude oil onto tankers at the city’s waterfront. The Portland Pipe Line Corp. sued the city in U.S. District Court in Portland last week over the ban adopted last year. The city […]
Jury selected for trial of man accused of luring, murdering teenage girl
BANGOR A jury of nine men and seven women, including four alternates, was selected Thursday afternoon at the Penobscot Judicial Center to hear evidence in the trial of a man accused of using Facebook to lure 15-year-old Nichole Cable to her death nearly two years ago. Kyle Dube, 21, of Orono has pleaded not guilty […]
Paul Bunyan statue may get a companion
BANGOR (AP) — A 31- foot-tall Paul Bunyan statue has stood for 56 years in Bangor, Maine. Some think it’s high time he had a companion. Normand Martin, who designed the iconic statue, presented the city’s cultural committee on Thursday with a mock-up of a 20-foottall Babe the Blue Ox — Bunyan’s hardworking companion. Supporters […]
Lawmakers send tax conformity bill to Gov.
AUGUSTA (AP) — Lawmakers have sent a bill to Republican Gov. Paul LePage that would allow Maine to update its tax law to match federal law. The governor introduced the bill after President Barack Obama retroactively extended several tax breaks through the end of 2014. The tax relief provisions had initially expired in December 2013. […]
Obama to focus on cybersecurity in the heart of Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO Responding to unprecedented data breaches and cyberattacks, President Barack Obama is trying to spark alliances between policymakers who want to regulate the online world and tech innovators who traditionally shun Beltway bureaucracies. In California’s Silicon Valley today, Obama was participating in a White House summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection, joining hundreds of […]
70 years after the fire: Dresden bombing still fresh for survivor
DRESDEN, Germany Soviet troops were pressing into Germany from the east and the other Allies from the west, but for 12- year-old schoolboy Eberhard Renner the war seemed far away. Dresden had been spared the destruction suffered by other cities like Berlin and Hamburg, and Renner clung to the hope that the Saxon capital would […]