You get to meet all sorts of amazing people as a reporter, and you get to enter their world, even if briefly. It’s one of the great joys of reporting, and it’s a big piece of what hooks you and keeps you going through deadlines, and more deadlines. One of the people I was lucky […]
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Vangelis, the Greek ‘Chariots of Fire’ composer, dies at 79
His Academy Award-winning score is among the most instantly recognizable musical themes in cinema.
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Gabriel Walker, 86, beloved Portland High teacher for three decades
He was the kind of teacher who went above and beyond for his students. And after he retired in 1994, he signed up as a Sea Dogs usher.
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David Faulkner, who ran a program to help Maine’s at-risk youth, dies at 74
He was executive director of Day One, a South Portland nonprofit, for 32 years, and an avid sailor.
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Anna Orben, 26, loved being with her large family and going out with friends
She was driving home from a night out with friends when her car went off the road and struck a tree.
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Maine Lives Lost: Artist’s family grieves ‘hero’ after long battle with COVID
Perry Clark, 61, who worked out of a studio he created in the garage of his Buxton home, didn’t get vaccinated and spent 47 days in the hospital after he got COVID-19.
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Teresa Sanborn, 70, longtime Portland educator loved reading and giving books to kids
She worked in the Portland Public Schools for nearly three decades, and died from health issues caused by Powassan virus, a rare tick-borne disease.
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Martha Hallisey-Swift, 53, a devoted mother and champion of Maine’s children
The assistant attorney general was diagnosed less than a year ago with a rare and aggressive form of uterine cancer.
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Briana Murphy, 24, a passionate and caring adventurer
The 2015 Deering High graduate was ‘an awesome person to be around,’ says a cousin. ‘She was unapologetically her all the time.’
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Jim Brunelle, 86, renowned Maine journalist who was ‘consummate voice of reason’ for Press Herald
After a start in radio and TV, he spent four decades at the newspaper as a political reporter, editorial page editor, editorial writer and columnist.