May 2018
Gary W. Lothridge
BOWDOINHAM — Gary William Lothridge was born on January 7th, 1949 and passed away on May 7th, 2018, with his family at his side. Gary loved to be at camp on Knights Pond, surrounded by family and friends. He enjoyed sitting on his rocking chair with a cup of coffee, admiring nature. Although occasionally would […]
Thomas J. Story
BRUNSWICK — Thomas J. Story, age 69, died on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born in Bayonne, NJ, on Feb. 1, 1949, the son of Lawrence and Irene Bratkowski Story. He attended Bayonne high school and graduated in 1966. He raised two sons, Thomas and Michael with his […]
Thelma Gagnon
BRUNSWICK — Thelma “Bambi” Gagnon, 64, died Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Bath on May 31, 1953, a daughter of Herman and Marjorie (Pottle) Whittam. Bambi was one of five children and she attended Bath schools. She worked at Stinson Seafood, Bath Iron […]
Cheryl Ellen (Wetherbee) Maisch
Cheryl Ellen Maisch was born on June 24, 1944, in Portland, Maine, to Leonard F. and Madelyn R. (Ashenden) Wetherbee. She graduated from Morse High School, Bath, ME, in 1962 and Endicott College, Beverly, MA, in 1964. Cheryl was an administrative assistant to the project manager for the Bath Iron Works Shipyard DX proposal which […]
Service Notices
Dennis R. Litalien RUMFORD — A graveside service for Dennis R. Litalien will be held on Saturday, May 12 at 11:30 a.m. at St. John Cemetery in Rumford. Jean Turner The family of Jean Turner, who passed away on March 8, 2018, invite you to join them in celebrating Jean’s life as a wife, mother, […]
Trump says ‘great night’ after ex-con loses in primary
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Republican voters rejected ex-convict Don Blankenship in a West Virginia Senate primary in which he sold himself as “Trumpier than Trump” but was vigorously opposed by Trump himself. GOP voters in Indiana, meanwhile, chose wealthy businessman Mike Braun over two sitting congressmen to lead the party’s charge against a vulnerable Democratic senator in […]
Deukmejian, ex-governor of California, dies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Two-term California Gov. George Deukmejian, whose anti-spending credo earned him the nickname “The Iron Duke,” died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 89. The Republican spent three decades in California politics as an assemblyman, senator, state attorney general and governor. He was elected as the state’s 35th governor in 1982 when a massive […]
Dangerous volcanic gases prompt door-to-door evacuations in Hawaii
PAHOA, Hawaii Police went door-to-door in Hawaii to roust residents near two new vents emitting dangerous gases in areas where lava has been pouring into streets and backyards for the past week. Authorities ordered nearly 2,000 residents to leave two communities in the mostly rural district of Puna on Hawaii’s Big Island last Thursday. Some […]