FREEPORT — Wallace E. “Wally” Britton, 82, died peacefully at home on May 14. On June 23, 1927, he was born in Livermore, son of William F. Britton and Winifred Ramsey Britton. In 1950 he joined the U.S. Army and served in the Korean War for two years and the Army Reserves for four years. […]

SCARBOROUGH — Lucy York Goggin, 93, died May 13 at Pine Point Nursing Home after several years of declining health. Born in Wilton, the daughter of Maurice and Josephine (Brown) York, she attended local schools and graduated from Farmington Normal School in 1937. She later graduated from Gorham State Teacher’s College and taught school in Wilton, […]

TOPSHAM — Robert A. Johnson, 78, died May 11 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.    He was born on Feb. 13, 1932, in Kansas City, Kan., a son of Charles F. and Mary L. Freese Johnson and attended local schools. In 1953 he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Philippines, where he […]

FAIRFIELD —  Phyllis Maxwell Alexander, 80, formerly of Topsham, died peacefully May 16 at her daughter Beth’s Fairfield home.                 She was born in Sabattus, Aug. 15, 1929, a daughter of Wendall Everett and Mabel Vaughn (Haley) Maxwell and attended local schools. On Aug. 20, 1949, she married Edward L. Alexander in Sabattus.   After […]

TOPSHAM — Jean Marie (Riley) Brennan, 79, died May 16. She was a native of Providence, R.I, and met her husband of 37 years, Thomas J. Brennan, there. He predeceased her on Sept. 16, 1992. She considered her four children her greatest accomplishment. The daughter of Madeline E. and William J. Riley, she was was […]

FREEPORT — After her long, courageous battle with cancer, Jeanette A. Marquis, 76, died May 13 surrounded by her children, which she considered her greatest gifts in life. For 26 years she worked at L.L. Bean until her retirement. After she retired, she enjoyed many outdoor activities, such as camping, snowmobiling with her family, and […]

CUMBERLAND — Evelyn Chatto Chase, 87, died May 10 at Coastal Manor in Yarmouth. Born in Brooksville, Feb. 21, 1923, a daughter of Morris H. and Minnie Lou (Grant) Chatto, she attended Brooksville schools, and graduated from Farmington State Teachers College. On June 30, 1950, she married Philip A. Chase of Cumberland. She taught home […]

FALMOUTH — James “Jim” Daniels, 59, died peacefully May 7 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. He was born in New York City on Jan. 3, 1951, to James and Catherine (Campion) Daniels and grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y. After he attended Thomas Moore School in Peterborough, […]

Congress keeps postponing an appointment with reality that cannot be ignored any longer.

Executives found the team’s visual evidence so compelling that they asked for three tales.