2015
Lawmakers move from flag debate to saying goodbye
COLUMBIA, S.C. Having agreed to consider removing the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s Statehouse, lawmakers are now saying goodbye to a beloved black colleague whose slaying in a mass church shooting has reignited debate about Civil War symbols in the South. State Sen. Clementa Pinckney’s open coffin will be on display in the Statehouse Rotunda […]
Barbara R. Moscato
BRUNSWICK — Barbara Ranger Moscato, age 77, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2015, at home after a courageous battle with ALS. She was born in Farmington on June 14, 1938, the daughter of Arthur and Doris Ranger. She attended Farmington schools. She received her bachelor of science in education in 1960 from the University […]
Sally J. Hawkes
FREEPORT — Sally Joanne Hawkes, 78, of Freeport, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, June 22, 2015, at 8:35 a.m. at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Sally was born in Belfast, Maine, to Granville and Evelyn (Toothaker) Mayo and her older brother Timothy on April 13, 1937. She grew up in South Freeport, […]
SERVICE NOTICE
Robert T. Wright A graveside service with military honors for Robert T. “Bob” Wright, 68, who died on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, in Bowling Green, VA, will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30 at Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Street, Wiscasset. Arrangements are by Daigle Funeral Home in Bath.
SERVICE NOTICE
Thomas D. Lucas EWING, NJ — Thomas D. Lucas, age 84, formerly of Pejepscot, ME, died on Nov. 10, 2014. A Mass of Christian burial will be held Saturday, June 27 at 10 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church-All Saints Parish, 132 McKeen St., Brunswick. Burial with military honors will follow in Riverside Cemetery in […]
In N.Y., a special prosecutor for police killings, for now
NEW YORK Amid national debate over holding officers criminally accountable for killings by police, New York is giving such cases special consideration by appointing the attorney general to investigate them, for now. The move comes after police officers weren’t criminally charged last year in deadly encounters with unarmed men in New York and elsewhere. Critics […]