February 2015
Harriette M. Johnson
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA — Harriette May Johnson, age 87, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. She was born on March 10, 1927, in Orr’s Island, a daughter of Hugh Edgar and Maria Hawkes Johnson. She attended the old Orr’s Island school and Brunswick High School. She later worked as a waitress and lived in New York […]
Gertrude L. Kohler
FREEPORT — Gertrude L. Kohler, 93, formerly of Bridgeton, N.J., and Topsham, ME, died on Feb. 23, 2015, in Freeport. She was born on Feb. 10, 1922, the daughter of David and Fannie (Lewis) Lourie. Gertrude graduated from Bridgeton (New Jersey) High School, class of 1939. In addition to baking cakes and cookies which she […]
DEATH NOTICE
TOPSHAM — Jocelyn Allen Tooher, 85, died on Feb. 12, 2015, at Richmond Eldercare. At her request, there will be no service. Memorial donations can be made to the Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Road, Brunswick, ME 04011.
Ex-Marine convicted in ‘American Sniper’ trial faces life in prison
STEPHENVILLE, Texas A Texas jury has rejected the insanity defense of a former Marine in the deaths of famed “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man. After a two-week trial in which jurors heard testimony about defendant Eddie Ray Routh’s erratic behavior, including statements about anarchy, the apocalypse and pig-human hybrids, they convicted Routh […]
Study details the lives of LGBT youths engaged in ‘survival sex’
NEW YORK A unique federally funded study offers a detailed look at the lives of gay, lesbian and transgender youth in New York City who cope with homelessness and poverty by engaging in what is called “survival sex.” In extensive interviews conducted over three years by the Urban Institute, 283 young people spoke about experiencing […]
Overfishing driving slavery on Thailand’s seafood boats
SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Burmese man lies wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper. As he struggles to sit up and steady himself, he tears at his thick, dark hair in agitation. He cannot walk and doesn’t remember his family or even his own name. He speaks mostly […]