RICHMOND — Kathryn “Kay” Schools, 80, passed away January 10, 2018, following complications from ovarian cancer surgery, at the Androscoggin Hospice House, Auburn. Kay was born on December 28, 1937, in Gardiner, the daughter of Wendell and Irene (Thrower) Hudson. She was a graduate of Gardiner High School and became the wife of George Schools, […]
2018
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Obituaries
Elizabeth I. Thompson
TOPSHAM — Elizabeth Ibsen Thompson, 93, of Hamden, CT and most recently of Topsham, ME passed away at home in Topsham on December 31, 2017. She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Thomas M. Thompson, in 2015. Betty was the loving mother of David I. Thompson of Hamden, Beth Thompson (Leonard Westra) of […]
advertisement
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Obituaries
DEATH NOTICE
FREEPORT — Geneva Adams, age 88, formerly of Bowdoin, died on Jan. 10, 2018, at Freeport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Friends and family can visit from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, at Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, […]
Posted inTimes Record
Mudslide takes lives of elderly, young
MONTECITO, Calif. The oldest victim swept away in a California mudslide was Jim Mitchell, who had celebrated his 89th birthday the day before. He died with his wife of more than 50 years, Alice. The youngest, 3-year-old Kailly Benitez, was one of four children killed. As their names and those of 14 other victims were […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Obituaries
DEATH NOTICE
TOPSHAM — Laura Cady, age 58, died at Mid Coast Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. Friends and family may visit from 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.
Posted inTimes Record
Motorhead guitarist dies at 67
LONDON British hard rock band Motorhead says former guitarist Edward “Fast Eddie” Clarke has died aged 67. Motorhead says on Facebook that Clarke died Wednesday in a hospital while being treated for pneumonia. Clarke joined Motorhead soon after it was founded in 1975 by former Hawkwind bassist Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister. He was the final survivor […]
Posted inTimes Record
Maine hopes to lure Amazon with incentives, state charm
SCARBOROUGH A pair of Maine suitors is trying to lure Amazon to the Pine Tree State, although one of them is using the bidding process to the make the case for the technology giant to build a smaller project and not the second headquarters itself. The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority and the town of Scarborough […]
Posted inTimes Record
West Bath man faces domestic violence charges
TOPSHAM Topsham police charged a West Bath man with aggravated assault early Thursday morning after he allegedly assaulted a woman while her two children were home. The incident occurred in a home on Katie Lane and was reported at 2:02 a.m. Police charged 28-year-old Christopher Cobb of West Bath with domestic violence aggravated assault, said […]
Posted inTimes Record
Storm blew historic building to Canada; Maine wants it back
LUBEC (AP) — A fishing-industry building on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is half-submerged in waters near a Canadian island, and conservationists fear it could disintegrate before legal tangles are resolved. The Jan. 4 blizzard tore the brine shed from its mooring at McCurdy’s Smokehouse off Lubec and it was blown to nearby […]
Posted inTimes Record
LePage praises path for Medicaid work requirements
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is praising the decision by the Trump administration to allow states to institute work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Seema Verma heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and she announced the new approach on Thursday in Washington, D.C. She says work and community involvement can make a […]