Gretchen L. (Goodwin) Dupuis
BANGOR – Gretchen L. (Goodwin) Dupuis, 67, passed away May 2, 2013, with family and friends by her side. She was born Sept. 28, 1945, to Ralph and Hazel Goodwin. Gretchen graduated from Bangor High...
View ArticleBeverly Jean (Seymour) Damien
OLD TOWN – Beverly Jean (Seymour) Damien passed away May 5, 2013. She was born May 6, 1931, in Plainville, Mass., to Ruth and Israel Seymour. She attended Eastern Maine General Hospital School of...
View ArticleElizabeth M. Lyford
BREWER – Elizabeth M. Lyford, 97, passed away May 3, 2013. She was born Oct. 13, 1915, in Brewer, the daughter of Ralph and Annie (Fillis) Wentworth. Elizabeth was predeceased by her husband of 58...
View ArticleOra E. Hardy
MERRILL – Ora E. Hardy, 87, died unexpectedly May 3, 2013, at his residence. He was born May 12, 1925, in Merrill, the son of Herbert Lincoln and Lucy Burke Hardy. Ora spent many years in the...
View ArticleMildred Fillmore Gildert
PRESQUE ISLE and FARMINGTON, Conn. – Mildred Fillmore Gildert, 89, passed away Monday, April 29, 2013, at Touchpoint Health Center, Farmington, Conn. Mildred was born in Marshfield, Mo., the daughter...
View ArticleMalcolm G. Leonard Sr.
ORRINGTON – Malcolm G. Leonard Sr., 78, died May 4, 2013, at his home after a long illness. He was born Dec. 15, 1934, in Hampden, son of Roscoe and Madeline (Cole) Leonard. Malcolm grew up in Hampden...
View ArticleLeo White Jr.
WOODLAND – Leo White Jr., 78, died May 4, 2013, in Van Buren after a long illness. He was born Dec. 20, 1934, in Caribou, the son of the late Leo and Blanche (Lagasse) White Sr. He was employed by New...
View ArticleJames R. Maynard Jr.
ORLAND – James R. Maynard Jr., 74, took his final flight Friday, May 3, 2013, surrounded by family as he succumbed to a long illness. “Diamond Jim” or “Big Jim” is survived by wife, Kathleen; four...
View ArticleLenny Glenwood Haggert
DEXTER – Lenny Glenwood Haggert, 18 months, died May 3, 2013, at a Bangor hospital. He was born Oct. 19, 2011, in Dover-Foxcroft, the son of Katherine Weeks and Daniel Haggert. He is survived by his...
View ArticleNathan W. Driscoll
CORINNA – Nathan W. Driscoll, 81, died unexpectedly April 30, 2013, at his residence. He was born July 3, 1931, in Caribou, a son of James and Faye (Jordan) Driscoll. After graduating from high school...
View ArticleEarly life lessons in Bangor aided success of new Maine Sports Hall of Fame...
AUGUSTA, Maine — Bill Cohen admitted that the only “lie or half-lie” he has told occurred when he was 8. “I exaggerated my age to get into the [Bangor YMCA]. You had to be 9. So I got in there, and I...
View ArticleCoaster Critique: Wynkoop, Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout
Name: Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout Brewed By: Wynkoop Brewing Company ABV: 7.5% It all started as an April fool’s Day joke in the form of a video posted on the Wynkoop website, and is now a reality,...
View ArticleLegere holds off Matchett for Sportsman’s win at Speedway 95
HERMON, Maine — Milford’s Joe Legere battled side-by-side in the closing laps with Kris Matchett of Skowhegan in the Darling’s Ford Sportsman race Saturday night at Speedway 95. The pair traded the top...
View ArticleBeltre lifts Rangers by Sox in 9th for sweep
ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre’s single to right field scored Elvis Andrus in the bottom of the ninth for a 4-3 victory to complete the Texas Rangers’ sweep of the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. Andrus...
View ArticleFirst cruise ship visits Bar Harbor at start of 2013 season
Passengers from the Veendam cruise ship and business owners in town talk about the start of cruise ship season in Bar Harbor.
View ArticleBikeshare Public Forum; 5/8/13 at City Hall
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,412) The public is invited to attend a Bikeshare Public Forum on Wednesday, May 8th at the State of Maine Room, City Hall, Portland. It runs from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm. It’s...
View ArticleGardening Trials and Tribulations
A couple weeks back I awoke at 5:30 a.m. in a complete panic because I had forgotten my tomatoes out in the greenhouse overnight. I slipped on my boots and ran out only to discover lots of limp...
View ArticleIt’s time for the Celtics GM to make some tough decisions on Doc, Pierce, KG...
Dear Danny: I could see the look on your face the other night when the Knicks beat your Celtics in Game 6. It was a look of “we got beat by that pack of punks, in the first round? I do have a lot of...
View ArticleGritty Scranton gives grateful sendoff to TV’s ‘The Office”
SCRANTON, Pa. — Tens of thousands of people, including some of the stars of “The Office,” gave a rousing send-off to the television comedy show that ends this month in the city where it was set and...
View ArticleFlorida leaves 1 million uninsured after lawmakers reject Medicaid expansion
This isn't a phenomenon reserved to Florida: Legislators in Ohio, Arizona and Michigan are in similar debates.
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