WEST BATH — Robert N. Stailing, 83, died July 25 at Miles Memorial Hospital after a long illness.   On March 13, 1927, he was born in Strong, a son of William E. and Gladys Stailing and attended schools in Bath, Freeport and South Portland.   In 1944 he joined the U.S. Navy at age […]

BRUNSWICK — Suzanne Drinker Moran, 82, a writer and former history teacher, died at home Aug. 1. Born in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 25, 1927, a daughter of Philip and Susan Aldrich Drinker, she grew up in the Boston area. She was educated at Smith College and received her master’s degree in history from Case Western […]

BRUNSWICK — Monte E. Haines, 54, died July 26 in Harpswell.   He was born in Williamsport, Penn., on Aug. 30, 1955, a son of Earl and Barbara (Williams) Haines.   In 1974 he graduated from Brunswick High School and began working at Suscom for the next 16 years. He later worked at Bath Iron […]

BRUNSWICK — Jeremiah Kane Logan was born and died on July 18 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was a son of Nena B. Logan and Shawn P. Davis of Brunswick. Surviving are his parents; a sister, Belle P. Meyers, and two brothers, Jacob E. Mowry and Jordan C.P. Davis, all of Brunswick; maternal […]

PORTLAND — Dr. William Leslie MacVane Jr., 95, died Aug. 1 surrounded by family. Born in Portland on June 12, 1915, he was the son of  Dr. William L. MacVane Sr., and Bertha May Achorn. He attended local schools, and went on to graduate from Hebron Academy, Williams College and Johns Hopkins University School of […]

FREEPORT — Thelma Estabrook Sommers, 83, died in Portland July 29 with her family at her side.   On June 22, 1927, she was born in Calais, a daughter of Alvin T. Estabrook and Leonora M. Quinn Estabrook. For 30 years she worked at L.L.Bean until she retired in 1990.   She was a member […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Edith C.H. Eder, 93, a resident of Falmouth and Washington, D.C., died July 10. Born Edith Corlies Houston Brown in Philadelphia in 1916, she was the daughter of Dr. Henry Paul Brown, Jr., and Edith Houston Brown. A graduate of the Agnes Irwin School and Radcliffe College, she worked in Boston, Philadelphia […]

Prosecutors say the two men, one a former JFK airport worker, wanted to outdo the 9/11 attacks.

PORTLAND — Norma J. Daicy, 71, died July 23 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. On June 29, 1939, she was born in Paterson, N.J., a daughter of Laurice and Hilda (Macpherson) Fletcher. In 1957 she graduated from Portland High School, and attended Northeast School of Business. For 25 years she worked as a […]

The men, from Massachusetts and Florida, made hundreds of cell phone drug orders in Maine.