PORTLAND — Donald Stephen Palmer Sr., 86, died Dec. 11, in Portland after a long battle with cancer. He was born April 25, 1929 in Portland, the son of the late Karl V. And Helen R (Harlow) Palmer. After graduating from Deering High School, Palmer enlisted in the Army and served during the Korean War. Following […]
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Sheldon Howe, 72; Devoted life to autistic children
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Sheldon Tower Howe, 72, a resident of Chebeague Island for the past two years, and then of Brunswick, died Dec. 10 in Mid-Coast Hospital following a severe stroke. Howe was born March 8, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest child of Dr. Sarah Tower and Dr. Howard Howe, both research physicians at […]
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Richard L. Saucier, 84
TOPSHAM – Richard L. Saucier, 84, of Topsham, died Dec. 2 at his home. He was born Dec. 16, 1930, in Brewer, the son of Maxime and Clarisse Bosse Saucier. Saucier attended Topsham and Freeport schools and served in the Army during the Korean War. He married Pauline Bergeron, with whom he raised six wonderful […]
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Pauline Emerson, 88
TOPSHAM — M. Pauline Emerson, 88, formerly of Middlesex Road, died Dec. 7, surrounded by her family at Horizon’s Living and Rehab Center in Brunswick. She was born July 15, 1927, in Eastport, the daughter of Clinton and Ada Capen Milliken. Emerson attended Eastport Schools and moved to Bath with her family when she was […]
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Richard K. Merryman, 70: Respected resident, longtime lobsterman
HARPSWELL — Longtime resident Richard “Dick” Kingston Merryman, 70, died Dec. 3, at Maine Medical Center Portland, surrounded by his family. Merryman was active until the last day of his life and went lobstering – just as he had almost every day for nearly 50 years. He was born in Brunswick, Sept. 18, 1945, the […]
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Thomas Frederick, 56: VP of Wright-Ryan Co., enjoyed golf, reading
SCARBOROUGH — Thomas Frederick, 56, of Spurwink Road, died Dec. 7, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. Frederick was born in Portland on Oct. 22, 1959, the son of the late Leon (Bud) and Anne Marie (Norton) Frederick of South Portland. He graduated in 1978 from South Portland High School, […]
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Jean D. Wright, 89
FREEPORT ? Jean Dorothea Wright, 89, of Yarmouth, died Nov. 25. She was born Sept. 9, 1926, in Norwalk, Connecticut, a daughter of Evelyn (Grover) and Roy Wright. She attended Norwalk schools and graduated from Norwalk High School. Wright was a stay-at-home mother who raised eight children. She then become a nurse’s aide and, eventually, […]
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Edmund E. Doughty, 57: 'The Face of Chebeague'
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Edmund Ellis Doughty, 57, died Nov. 28, at Maine Medical Center with his family at his side. The son of Earle and Josephine Ellis Doughty, he was born April 2, 1958, in Madrid, Spain, where his father was a construction manager. The family moved to Chebeague, his father’s childhood home, in 1960, and […]
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New Markets helps create, improve job outlook
I appreciated reading Haley Frank’s “Short Relief” column this week (“Midtown Project deserves state tax credits.”) CEI Capital Management led the New Markets Tax Credit work on three of the projects he lists as successes (Farnsworth Museum, Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Portland Public Market conversion). It is refreshing and reinforcing to see positive […]
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Genero Stivaletti, 94: D-Day survivor, known as "Jerry the Barber"
PORTLAND — Genero “Jerry” Stivaletti, 94, died peacefully at Mercy Hospital in Portland Dec. 3, from injuries sustained in a fall on the day before Thanksgiving. Stivaletti was born in Portland, the oldest child of “the finest mason in the northeast,” Antonio Stivaletti, and Anna Lattanzio Stivaletti, both of whom immigrated from Vasto, Italy, to […]