Everett Vernon Kelley
ELLSWORTH – Everett Vernon Kelley passed away Nov. 30, 2013. He was born in Bass Harbor to Vernon and Alice (Wakefield) Kelley on April 9, 1935. He attended Tremont Elementary and graduated from...
View ArticleOrin S. ‘Bob’ Nason
BANGOR AND HERMON – Orin S. Nason left this world at 10:50 p.m. Dec. 2, 2013 to go home with the Lord. He was born Jan. 3, 1926 to Harry and Marion (Leonard) Nason. Orin was a U.S. Army veteran who...
View ArticleSally Lounder
FRANKLIN – Sally J. Lounder, 69, died Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 2013 at MCMH in Ellsworth after a brief illness. Sally was born Nov. 5th, 1944, daughter of Fred and Viola Martin. Sally is best remembered by...
View ArticleCorporal Donald H. Ross
NEWBURGH – Corporal Donald Henry Ross, 82, passed away peacefully Dec. 4, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Donald was born in Carmel, April 1, 1931, the son of Eugene and Dorothy...
View ArticleMargaret Eakins Barnes
PHILADELPHIA, PA., AND BREWER – Margaret Eakins Barnes, called Peggy, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, peacefully in her home. She was born Aug. 13, 1923, in Philadelphia. She lived in the suburbs of...
View ArticleThomas J. Anthoine Jr.
LEWISTON – Thomas J. Anthoine Jr., 77, of Lewiston, died Sunday, December 1, 2013, at Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice Services in Auburn, following a long battle with...
View ArticleDale Carroll Corbin
CARIBOU – Dale Carroll Corbin, 67, died Dec. 4, 2013 at his Caribou residence following a brief illness after an accident earlier in the summer. He was born in Van Buren, July 20, 1946, the son of the...
View ArticleBarbara Ann Allen
LITTLE DEER ISLE – Barbara Ann Allen passed away peacefully Nov. 30, 2013, at her home in Little Deer Isle. She was born Aug. 6, 1947, to Priscilla Tainter Allen and James Nelson Curtis. She is...
View ArticleTurner William Lawlor
OAKFIELD – Turner William Lawlor, 3 months, went to Heaven, with his family at his side on December 4, 2013. He was born August 13, 2013, in Houlton, the son of Clay and Kelli (Nadeau) Lawlor. In...
View ArticleStanley R. Smith
STETSON – Stanley Ray Smith, 73, died Dec. 4, 2013 at a Brewer living center following a long illness. He was born Dec. 2, 1940 in Hanover, N.H., a son of Arthur and Dorothy (Church) Smith. He...
View ArticleMary E. Strawn
CHARLESTON – Mary E. Strawn, 92, died December 2, 2013, at a nursing home in Dover-Foxcroft. She was born on August 9, 1921, in Roosevelt, Utah, the daughter of Joseph and Minnie (Hunting) Tromley. She...
View ArticleFDA investigating surgical robots used at three Maine hospitals
A surgical robot used by three Maine hospitals is under federal scrutiny following reports that the units may stall during procedures and problems possibly linked to the devices are on the rise....
View ArticleEnvironmental board rejects challenges to Hancock wind farm permits
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Board of Environmental Protection on Thursday rejected two challenges to permits granted earlier this year for the $110 million Hancock Wind project in Hancock County. Following a...
View ArticleOnce controversial Portland charter school gets high marks in state report
PORTLAND, Maine — A charter school that opened this fall in the city is as “good as it gets,” according to a review from the state’s Charter School Commission. Baxter Academy for Technology and Science...
View ArticleWinter storm brings icy blast to wide swath of United States
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — People from Texas to New York were bundling up on Thursday against winter weather that closed schools and businesses, blanketed roads and power lines with ice and threatened to...
View ArticleResilience, hard work enable County natives to succeed after setbacks
It is interesting that two Caribou natives currently hold significant leadership positions because they responded similarly to defeat, achieving even higher posts than those they originally sought. One...
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