PORTLAND —  Judith Ann “Judy” Kane Ryder, 71, died Aug. 11 at the Barron Center in Portland, where she resided for the past two years. On April 18, 1939, she was born in Portland, the daughter of Sgt. John G. and Pearl Theriault Kane of Munjoy Hill, and attended Cathedral schools in Portland. An independent, […]

Ty Warren can’t play this season and Logan Mankins, amid the posturing over a new contract, says he won’t. Hey, what’s a Patriots preseason without major, major issues? You watch Coach Bill Belichick reshuffle the cards and with his sleight of hand, wait for the king of clubs to appear. Or an ace of diamonds. […]

PORTLAND — Katherine Priscilla (Serunian) Westberry, 73, formerly of South Portland, died Aug. 4 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Born in Portland on July 4, 1937,  a daughter of Ovagin John and Rose Nancy Aloian Serunian, she attended local schools and was a 1957 graduate of South Portland High School. She lived […]

HARPSWELL — William J. May, Sr., 89, died peacefully in his sleep at his Harpswell home Aug. 7, surrounded by his five beloved children. On July 24, 1921, he was born in Philadelphia, Penn., the youngest child of Edgar and Florence May.   After he graduated from high school in 1939, he worked in Philadelphia […]

BRUNSWICK — David Rolfe Chandler, 54, died Aug. 8 at his home.  On Feb. 24, 1956, he was born in Richmond, Va., the son of Eliot Chandler and Dora Cochrane.  As a child, he lived in Five Islands and attended schools in Georgetown and Bath. Over the years he worked at Chandler Master Builders, Five […]

FALMOUTH — Louise Grace (Valley) Frost, 84, a resident of Sedgewood Commons, died peacefully Aug. 7 after several years with Alzheimer’s disease.   She was born on April 24, 1926. Surviving are her son, Wayne Frost of Bridgewater, Mass., and three daughters, Sharon Mead of Bellingham, Mass., Karen Vreeland of Crossville, Tenn., and Lynn Seavey of […]

YARMOUTH — Alice Kennedy (Nickerson) Burleigh, 97, died Aug. 4. She was born in Falmouth on Sept. 21, 1912, the fifth of six daughters of Effie Jeanette (Moore) and Walter Francis Nickerson.   After she graduated from Yarmouth High School in 1931, she was hired as a governess and moved to Natick, Mass., where she […]

PORTLAND — Margaret Theresa “Maggie” Wallace, 83, died Aug. 7 at St. Joseph’s Manor. Born in Portland, a daughter of Francis and Helen McGahey McFarland, she attended St. Dominic’s Grammar School and St. Joseph’s Academy, and  graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. For many years she worked at Mercy Hospital, and later, for Dr. […]

SCARBOROUGH — William Peabody Simons, II, 91, died July 23 at the Holbrook Health Center at Piper Shores.   Born on June 7, 1919, in Springfield, Mass., he was a son of Dorothy F. and Philip W. Simons.   He attended Longmeadow Country Day School, Groton School, and graduated from Amherst College in 1942.   […]

Omar Thornton, caught stealing beer, shot ‘good people for absolutely no reason.’