TOPSHAM — Barbara Anne Barrows (Bartos) Patterson, 71, died April 14 at home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Topsham on July 5, 1938, a daughter of Russell and L. Thelma Dorr Barrows. In 1956 she graduated from Brunswick High School and worked at Pejepscot Paper and Arrow Hart Corporation. In […]

BRUNSWICK — Dorothy E. Jensen, 87, died peacefully at Mid Coast Hospital April 13. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 7, 1922, she was the daughter of Arthur W. and May Slafer Fastert (Forrester), and was educated in the local schools. On July 3, 1941, she married Harold C. Jensen and they made their home […]

PORTLAND — Joseph Herbert Hopkins, 78, a lifelong resident of Portland, died April 12 at the Barron Center with his loving family by his side. He was born in Portland on June 20, 1931, a son of Galen D. and Julia F. (Foley) Hopkins and educated in local schools. In 1957, Joe married Jeanne Conroy […]

He took up cigars when he began working the family fields at age 10 and smoked for 81 years.

SKOGAR, Iceland – In Europe, the volcanic ash danger travels at high altitudes, but for Iceland’s farmers the problem is very much on the ground. Farmers across the region where the volcano erupted last week under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier have been scrambling to protect their herds from inhaling or ingesting the ash, which can cause […]

LOS ANGELES – Daryl F. Gates, the rookie cop who rose from driver for a legendary chief to become chief himself, leading the Los Angeles Police Department during a turbulent 14-year period that found him struggling to keep pace with a city undergoing dramatic racial and ethnic changes, died Friday. He was 83. Gates died […]

Gov. Baldacci responds to a loss of funding for Preble Street by holding a benefit supper in Portland.

AUGUSTA — The state board that regulates health insurance rates is holding a public hearing today beginning at 9 a.m. in Room 214 of the Cross Office Building at the State Capitol.

SCARBOROUGH — Eldred Hartley “Hi” Harmon, 99, died April 7. Born on Black Point Road Aug. 30, 1910, the son of Leroy and Beatrice (Plummer) Harmon, he lived within two miles of his birthplace for his entire life. In 1927 he graduated from Bessey High School. He married Elizabeth F. Murray in 1933 and they adopted […]

Stanley Ward, 22, robbed and kidnapped a 72-year-old Belfast woman before slashing her throat.