Feature Obituary
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PublishedJuly 16, 2024
Maine artists remember curator for ‘inventiveness and his love for photography’
Stephen Halpert, a photography proponent and former art house theater owner, died Saturday at 91. He was a significant contributor to the Portland art scene, with exhibitions at the University of New England and the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts.
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PublishedJune 10, 2024
Esteemed Portland architect Winton Scott dies, leaving vast professional legacy
Scott, 86, trained with great architects and brought high standards to the field in Maine.
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PublishedMay 22, 2024
Former UMaine astronomer remembered for unpacking the mysterious universe
George Ayers taught Mainers about the wonders of the celestial world for decades at UMaine and in his monthly column 'What's Up.' He died at home in Gorham on May 10 at age 96.
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PublishedApril 15, 2024
Hank Donovan, Bowdoin man who lived life with enthusiasm, dies at 66
He had a lifelong interest in genealogy and loved digging up details of his family history.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2024
Paul Vermel, former Portland Symphony Orchestra conductor, dies at 99
The PSO's first full-time conductor died Feb. 14, just 5 days before his 100th birthday.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
Yarmouth man cared for others, even when he couldn’t care for himself
Ian Keith, 31, died by suicide last month after a long battle with mental illness. His loved ones said that despite his personal struggles, he always showed compassion for others.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2024
Former standout athlete at Yarmouth High was ‘flat-out tougher than the next guy’
Gibson Harnett was competitive by nature, but showed great compassion and empathy as he battled a rare, incurable sarcoma.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2024
Marty Engstrom, Maine’s reluctant celebrity TV weatherman, dies at 86
Known as 'Marty on the Mountain,' he was trained as a broadcast engineer but gave weather reports from the top of Mount Washington for WMTW for 38 years.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2023
Harold L. Osher, Maine physician, philanthropist, map collector, dies at 99
After a medical career that spanned 45 years, Osher devoted his later years to his love of maps, donating a collection valued at over $100 million to the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2023
Man killed in home explosion remembered as leader in Maine’s South Sudanese community
Lado Lodoka, 44, was working on an oil-fired boiler at his home in New Gloucester on Saturday when the explosion occurred.
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