BOOTHBAY HARBOR – It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of James A. Comeau III of Boothbay Harbor Maine and Fort Myers, Fla.
August 2024
Obituary: Donald “Bucky” P. Freeman
NORTH BATH – It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Donald “Bucky” P. Freeman, 77, who passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at his home.
Obituary: Thomas Dennis Carroll
OREGON, Wis. – Thomas Dennis Carroll, 87, passed away on July 29, 2024 at home in Oregon, Wisconsin, following a series of health setbacks due to congestive heart failure.
Obituary: Nancy L. Ives
BRUNSWICK – Nancy L. Ives, a devoted clinician, esteemed leader, and cherished friend, passed away on July 1, 2024, at the age of 67.
Obituary: Gerald Benjamin ‘Gerry’ Stilphen
ORR’S ISLAND – Gerald Benjamin ‘Gerry’ Stilphen beloved husband and father born on July 14, 1932, passed away at age 92 on July 29, 2024.
Harris introduces running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the ‘vice president America deserves’
Walz revved up the crowd at a raucous rally Tuesday in Philadelphia for the rigorous campaign to come. ‘We’ve got 91 days. My God, that’s easy. We’ll sleep when we’re dead,’ he said.
Truck crash blocks Maine Turnpike in Wells for hours
Police say the driver lost control of a tractor-trailer carrying plumbing supplies while traveling southbound early Tuesday morning.
Michael Reagan: When will Democrats ever learn?
This week our lame duck President Joe Biden came out of hiding and called for some major changes in how the U.S. Supreme Court operates. His proposals — another election-time pander to his party’s progressive base — were liberal, pie-in-the-sky ideas that everyone knows will never materialize in the real world. They included getting Congress […]
Danny Tyree: Where were you when Nixon resigned?
“Sock it to meee?” That awkward query by presidential candidate Richard Milhous Nixon (on the September 16, 1968 episode of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”) was probably haunting my mind on August 8, 1974. On the afternoon of that fateful day, I tagged along as my flea-marketeer mother purchased antiques from farm couple Gerald and Kate […]
Mainewhile: Letting the horses decide and reflections on connection
The Olympics are on – but it’s taken me a while to warm up to it. My own favorite event, the equestrians, has come in under a dark cloud. Did you hear about this? A British equestrian was eliminated for cruelty to a horse. This made me angry, and sad, but not surprised. In fact, […]