2016
Charles A. Bibber Jr., 90
HARPSWELL, MAINE — Charlie passed away peacefully from complications of cancer on October 22 at Togus VA Hospital with his wife, Beverly, children, and Masonic Brothers at his side. He was born February 7, 1926 to Charles A. and Affie V. (Morse) Bibber in Harpswell. His eleven brothers and sisters predeceased him: Medreth, Kenneth, Madelene […]
Jean A. Campbell
WISCASSET — Jean Austin Campbell, 85, passed away at the home of her daughter, surrounded by family and friends November 5, 2016. Jean was born in Greene, Maine, April 21, 1930. She was the daughter of Lester Austin Sr and Celestia Austin. She married Robert Campbell of Lewiston July 28, 1950. They moved to Wiscasset […]
Tiffany Barter-Ahearn
Tiffany Barter-Ahearn, 30 years old of Tellico Plains, Tennessee, died Monday, October 31, 2016, as a result of a car accident. She was born in Bath, Maine, and attended schools in both Wiscasset and Woolwich. She was best described by her friends and family as a “Little Fire Cracker” and lived up to that throughout […]
DEATH NOTICE
TOPSHAM — Terry Monk Townsend, 86, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, in Topsham from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pleasant Street, Brunswick. Donations in Terry’s memory may be made to the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program […]
SERVICE NOTICE
TOPSHAM — Shirley Smith, 79, of Topsham, was a longtime member of Berean Baptist Church in Brunswick, where she enthusiastically played the piano, served in many capacities, and enjoyed working with the children in the AWANA Club. A memorial service will be held at Berean Baptist Church at 15 Cumberland St., Brunswick, at 4 p.m. […]
Killing that sparked boy to ‘divorce’ his dad going to court
BOSTON It was a horrific murder: a Massachusetts man shot his estranged wife seven times, and then bludgeoned her with the butt of a rifle. The couple’s 8-year-old son found his mother’s beaten and bloodied body the next day. The boy later won a groundbreaking legal battle to “divorce” his father. Now, nearly two decades […]
Police say cat found dead in Vermont park
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police are investigating after they say a family’s cat was found dead and hung in a tree in a Vermont park. Burlington Police Department Deputy Chief Shawn Burke said Wednesday that a person walking through Starr Farm Park spotted the dead adult cat hanging by its neck from a wire attached […]
Italian woman has become U.S. citizen
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — An Italian woman who has been married to an American for 25 years is heading home to Europe a United States citizen after a federal judge approved a special request to naturalize her. Maria Fears was naturalized Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Burlington by Judge Christina Reiss. The St. Albans […]
Transition: Obama, Trump to meet at White House
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is set to welcome his successor, Donald Trump, to the White House, extending an olive branch to a man he has blasted as unfit to serve as commander in chief and who led the charge to challenge the legitimacy of his own presidency. The Oval Office meeting scheduled today symbolically begins […]