TOPSHAM — Frederick H. Dute, 65 of 2 Somerset Place, died Thursday, December 15, 2016 at his home. He was born, August 6, 1951, in Phoenixville, PA, the son of Harold A. and Dona J. Dute. He was a graduate and football star of the Newark High School Yellowjackets in Newark, Delaware and graduated from […]
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Johnny L. Tolbert
BRUNSWICK — Johnny Lee Tolbert, Sr. 90, died Monday, December 12, 2016 at Mid Coast Hospital, in Brunswick, Maine after a courageous battle with Alzheimer. He was born September 13, 1926, to John Henry “Jim” and Mary (Reeder) Tolbert in Anderson, South Carolina. When he was two years old, his mother and younger brother, Charles […]
Linda S. O’Leary
GEORGETOWN — Linda Sue (Williams) O’Leary, 58, of Five Islands Rd, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family after a long courageous battle with cancer on Friday Dec 16. She was born on March 10, 1958, a daughter of Jack and Rose Williams. Linda grew up in Georgetown and attended Morse High […]
Ethelyn M. Johnson
1929 – 2016 FREEPORT — Ethelyn M. Johnson passed away peacefully on the morning of December 15, 2016 at Hawthorne House in Freeport. She was born on January 14, 1929 the daughter of the late Charles “Ed” and Ruth M. (Stevens) Richardson. On June 19, 1948 she married Reginald F. Johnson. They made their home […]
Woman dies after fire
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — The Maine state fire marshal’s office says a woman who was seriously injured in a mobile home fire earlier in December has died. Police say on Monday that 53-year-old Michelle Sweet died last week at Maine Medical Center. Investigators say the fire started when Sweet was smoking while on oxygen. The fire […]
Man to be sentenced for hit-and-run
AUBURN (AP) — A man is due to be sentenced in the hit-and-run killing of his pregnant former girlfriend. Evaristo De Deus pleaded guilty to murder in October in Androscoggin Count Superior Court, and prosecutors are seeking a 45-year sentence today. Police say the Lewiston man intentionally struck Laudrinha Kubeloso from behind with an SUV […]
Federal prosecutors say lobster captain who lost 2 at sea was drinking, high
PORTLAND A Maine lobster boat owner had been drinking and using marijuana and oxycodone before he lost two crew members during a 2014 fishing trip, federal prosecutors said Monday in charging him with seaman’s manslaughter. Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher Hutchinson, of Cushing, Maine, was arrested and charged by indictment. A call to his defense attorney, Jeffrey Langholtz, […]
Revolt fizzles as Trump easily wins Electoral College vote
WASHINGTON So much for an Electoral College revolt. Despite weeks of lobbying and a day of protests, President elect Donald Trump won all but two of the Electoral College votes he claimed on Election Day, ensuring he will become America’s 45th president. There were more protest votes among Democratic electors — five — than there […]
North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’ set on fast path toward repeal
CHARLOTTE, N.C. North Carolina lawmakers appear poised to repeal a controversial law widely derided as the “bathroom bill” because it requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding with the sex on their birth certificate in many public buildings. As part of the deal, the Charlotte City Council voted Monday to repeal the local nondiscrimination ordinance […]
2 children who died saving others are among 21 Carnegie Heroes
PITTSBURGH Two children who died saving the lives of even younger children are among 21 people being honored with Carnegie medals for heroism. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, based in Pittsburgh, announced the winners today. Natalie Renee Martin, 11, of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, led her 9-year-old sister, Jenna, to safety when their house burned on […]