2018
Louise A. Berlin
Louise Arnold Berlin died on February 22, 2018 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Beloved wife of A. Jan Berlin, MD, theirs was a true partnership full of many passions including singing choral music, gardening, theater, concerts, skiing, bird watching, bicycling, sailing their sloop Aria, hiking, canoeing and more. She was born on January 6, 1947 […]
Karen A. Elliott
WEST BATH — Karen A. (Furbish) Elliott, 75, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Karen was born in Waldoboro on July 28, 1942, a daughter of Dwight F. and Ruth Mae (Davis) Furbish. Karen worked for the Freeport Shoe Company for many years but retired from Bath Iron Works after 30 years in the […]
John Kenneth Sweek
TOPSHAM — John Sweek, 65, died peacefully on February 21, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital after a battle with dementia and a brief illness. He was born June 17, 1952 in Rockville Center, Long Island, NY, of John G. Sweek and Phyllis Kincaid. He is survived by his daughter, Rebecca and her husband Dave and […]
Term limit plan sparks public dissent in China
BEIJING In a rare public expression of dissent in China, a well-known political commentator and a prominent businesswoman have penned open letters urging lawmakers to reject a plan that would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. Their impassioned statements on a popular messaging app were circulated widely after the ruling Communist Party announced a […]
Bill Cosby’s daughter Ensa, 44, dies in Mass.
BOSTON Bill Cosby’s 44-year-old daughter Ensa Cosby died in Massachusetts from kidney disease, a spokesman for the comedian said Monday. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt did not immediately offer other details about her death on Friday. “Please keep the Cosby family in your prayers and give them peace at this time,” he said. Bill Cosby lost another […]
Dean’s iconic ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ jacket up for auction
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. James Dean’s cherry-red jacket from “Rebel Without a Cause” is expected to bring up to $600,000 when it goes up for auction this week in Florida, offering fans a rare chance to own something linked to the actor who died at 24. The bomber-style jacket still looks cool at Palm Beach […]
Florida shooting suspect case hearing canceled
PARKLAND, Fla. A hearing this morning in the criminal case against the suspect accused in the Florida high school shooting was canceled. Prosecutors are seeking to obtain hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs of Nikolas Cruz, 19. The hearing was removed from the court docket and no explanation was immediately available. Cruz, who has been […]
Russia-ordered ‘pause’ goes into effect east of Damascus
BEIRUT A brief, Russia-ordered “humanitarian pause” went into effect today as Syrian and Russian forces set up a corridor to allow civilians to leave a rebel-held enclave near Damascus, but by the end of the five-hour pause, no civilians had crossed over from the embattled territory. The lull gave a brief respite to the estimated […]