BRUNSWICK — The Orion Performing Arts Center, Maine School Administrative District 75’s theater inside Mt. Ararat Middle School, will benefit from a fundraiser at Gelato Fiasco March 26. When a customer shows a flyer coupon to their cashier, Gelato Fiasco will donate 100 percent of purchase back to the Orion’s capital needs fund. Flyers are […]
2018
STUDENT NOTES
GEOGRAPHIC BEE Connor Turcotte, a grade 7 student at Philip W. Sugg Middle School is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2018 Maine National Geographic State Bee that will be held at the University of Maine at Farmington on Friday, April 6. CLARK UNIVERSITY Ariana M. Franklin of Brunswick, Samuel P. Wogan […]
Milton W. Yeaton Sr.
PHIPPSBURG — Milton Wesley Yeaton Sr. of Phippsburg passed away peacefully at Maine Medical Center on March 18, 2018, at the age of 65. He was the son of the late Herbert Yeaton Sr. and Abbie Aileen Yeaton and was raised in the Nazarene faith. Milton’s childhood was an idyllic one of playing with cousins […]
Frank D. Waterman Sr.
FREEPORT — Frank D. Waterman Sr., 75, of Freeport, passed away from a long-term illness of Parkinson’s and dementia on March 16, 2018, at Freeport Nursing Home and Rehabilitation. Frank was born on May 20, 1944, a son of Richard Sr. and Roseanna Waterman of Freeport. Frank attended schools in Freeport and married Edna Leavitt […]
Germaine B. St. Pierre
TOPSHAM — Germaine B. St. Pierre, 102, formerly of Mallett Drive, died on Friday, March 16, 2018, at the Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick. A Mass of Christian burial and complete obituary will take place in the spring. To share your thoughts and condolences with the family, please visit www.desmondfuneralhomes.com.
SERVICE NOTICE
A memorial service for Edward Smith Gilfillan III is scheduled to take place this coming Saturday, March 24, from 2-4 p.m. It will be held in the main lounge of the Moulton Union on the Bowdoin campus. Ed taught for 24 years in Bowdoin’s Environmental Studies Program, but was also involved in extensive oil spill […]
DEATH NOTICE
BATH — James “Chuck” Young, 90, of Cresent Street, Bath, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018. Services will be held at a later date. www.desmondfuneralhomes.com
Hurricane Harvey’s toxic impact much deeper than public told
HOUSTON More than a half-year after Hurricane Harvey flooded America’s largest corridor of energy and petrochemical plants, records show the storm’s environmental assault was more widespread and severe than authorities publicly acknowledged. Piecing together county, state and federal records, The Associated Press and Houston Chronicle catalogued more than 100 Harvey related toxic releases — on […]
Lazarus, Toys R Us founder, dies at 94
NEW YORK Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toys R Us six decades ago and transformed it into an iconic piece of Americana, died Thursday at age 94, a week after the chain announced it was going out of business. Toys R Us confirmed Lazarus’ death in a statement. “There have […]
A glimmer of hope for health of moose in northern U.S.
PORTLAND Moose have struggled with parasites throughout the northern U.S., but Maine hunters might be allowed to harvest more of the state’s iconic land mammal this year because of strong survival rates in the northern parts of the state. Moose survival in far northern Maine represents a glimmer of hope for the enormous animals in […]