AUGUSTA – Despite expressing support for similar measures in the past, Maine’s two Republican senators voted with their party Tuesday against beginning debate on a campaign finance reform measure. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins said the Disclose Act would treat large politically active groups, such as unions and corporations, with two different sets of […]

FOLEY, Ala. — Frances Lucille Taylor, 92, formerly of South Portland, died July 22 at the Golden Living Nursing Home. Born in Peru, a daughter of William Frederick and Sarah Louise Moore Tyler, she was raised and educated in South Portland schools. An avid homemaker, she enjoyed canning her garden produce, baking cakes for birthdays, […]

BOWDOINHAM — Doris M. (Bryant) Joyce, 97, died July 20 surrounded by loved ones at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Marilyn and Frederick Davis. Born in Livermore, May 14, 1913, she was a daughter of Daniel and Alice (Cummings) Bryant. In 1936, she graduated from the Eastern Nazarene College Academy in Wollaston, Mass., […]

BRUNSWICK — The Rev. Richard Michael McGarrigle, 85, died July 23 in Brunswick after a brief illness. On  Oct. 9, 1924, he was born in Calais, a son of John Philip Sr., and Dora Mildred McGarrigle,  and attended local Catholic schools. After graduating from St. Thomas College in Chatham, N.B., he entered St. Mary’s Seminary […]

TOPSHAM — Robert Helie, 89, died July 22 at Hawthorne House in Freeport. Born Jan. 7, 1921, a son of Armand and Alice Rochefort, he attended St. John’s School in Brunswick. On Aug. 30,1941, he married Dorothy Lassonde in Lewiston. Over the years, he worked various jobs at Portland shipyards and Verney Mills, until he […]

HARPSWELL — Harold Cass “Bud” Weeks, Jr., 77, died July 24 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Born in Marlborough, Mass. on Aug. 17, 1932, he was the son of Harold C. Sr., and Sadie Weeks. In 1946 he moved to Harpswell,  and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1952. During the Korean War he […]

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial, saying a jury received incorrect instructions before considering his role in the 2001 nuptials of a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old cousin. Jeffs, 54, was convicted in 2007 of two counts of […]

FALMOUTH — Elva Emily Dionne, 97, died April 19 after a long illness. On Aug. 13, 1912, she was born in Portland, the daughter of Charles and Alice Holmes. After she married Paul A. Dionne, they started a painting business together, Dionne Painters. In addition to helping run the business, she raised five daughters on […]

PORTLAND — Michael Christopher Salafia, 45, of Portland, died unexpectedly July 18. On Oct. 21, 1964, he was born in Lawrence, Mass., son of Frank J. Salafia and Maryann I. Berube. After graduating from Timberlane Regional High School in Plaistow, N.H. in 1982, he served in the U.S. Army until he received an honorable discharge […]

Alberto Contador wraps up his third title in four years, beating runner-up Andy Schleck by 39 seconds.