February 2015
Gabrielle M. MacMillan
BRUNSWICK — Gabrielle Magnan MacMillan, 98, formerly of Auburn, MA, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, in Brunswick. She was born in St. Malo, Quebec, on Sept. 3, 1916, the daughter of Albert and Bertha Robidas. Gabrielle came to Worcester, Mass., at the age of 9 and was raised and educated there. She married […]
William T. DeWitt
William T. DeWitt, age 80, of 12 Palmer St., died peacefully at home on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, of complications from Parkinson’s Disease. Bill was born in Eastport on Aug. 20, 1934, the son of James Marshall and Ethel Matthews DeWitt. He graduated from Shead Memorial High School in Eastport in 1953 and worked at […]
Carolyn R. Kennett
Carolyn Roberts Kennett, a longtime resident of Conway, N.H., died on Feb. 6, 2015, at Hawthorne House in Freeport, Maine. Carol was born on June 10, 1922, in Oak Park, Ill., and spent her childhood there. Carol and her parents, Elizabeth and Chapin Roberts, were summer residents at Pine Knoll Camp for Girls in Albany, […]
Mary-Anne Dodge
BATH — Mary-Anne Dodge, 67, of Tower Circle, passed on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at the Gosnell House in Scarborough. Visiting hours will be held next week with an Elks service. A complete obituary will follow with all the details. Condolences may be made online at www.daiglefuneralhome.com.
Paul A. Crocker Sr.
BRUNSWICK — Paul A. Crocker Sr., age 78, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in the care of the Bodwell House in Brunswick. A full obituary will follow in the coming week. Arrangements are in the care of Direct Cremation of Maine and Crabiel- Riposta Funeral Home in Belfast.
3 get jail time for welfare fraud
AUGUSTA (AP) — A husband and wife from Augusta have been sent to jail for stealing from state welfare programs. In an unrelated case, a Whitefield woman also received time behind bars for receiving benefits to which she was not entitled. The Kennebec Journal reports that in the first case, 60-year-old Walter Trask and 59-year-old […]
Woman pleads guilty to role in robbery
BANGOR (AP) — A Chelsea woman has pleaded guilty to her role in a pharmacy robbery in Augusta last year. Federal prosecutors say 21- year-old Nicole Breton pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to being an accessory after the fact. Breton faces up to 10 years in prison, a $125,000 fine and […]