Brunswick-based Gelato Fiasco Inc. is in the process of relocating part of its production operations to a plant in Michigan, a move that the company’s co-founder and chief executive officer said could result in the elimination of about eight positions. Joshua Davis said in a telephone interview Sunday night that the affected workers will be […]
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Friends of a Maine writer posthumously publish her novel about the afterlife
Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo died without ever holding or reading a page from her printed novel, “The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda,” a book about an atheist Japanese scientist who, upon his death, stumbles through a spiritual afterlife he never believed in. She wrote it over the last decade of her life, and as she lay dying, […]
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Riding with Patrick Dempsey
It is 6:30 in the morning, 50 degrees, and I am standing in the VIP area behind the stage at the Dempsey Challenge. It is ironic I am here, since my only claim to fame is that I can both write and ride a bicycle 25 miles. Probably. I thought my two-week, short-notice training regimen […]
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Florence L. Cronkhite
JAY — Florence (LaPointe) Cronkhite, 78, passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, at her home in Jay. She was born Oct. 28, 1939, the daughter of Roland and Dorothy (Willett) LaPointe. She was a graduate of Jay High School. On Oct. 10, 1958, she married Lee Cronkhite. After marriage, she was employed at International Paper Co. for […]
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Europe takes back Ryder Cup
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Europe waited two long years for that one moment when the Ryder Cup was back in its hands. Exactly when it happened Sunday was unclear, making it all the better. At roughly the same time, in two singles matches on two greens at Le Golf National separated by 150 yards of […]
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New York Yankees’ Gary Sanchez, left, watches as Boston Red Sox’s J.D. Martinez celebrates his three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Patriots end skid, hand Dolphins 1st loss
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots’ losing streak is over.And so is the Dolphins’ undefeated start.Tom Brady threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns and the New England Patriots handed Miami its first loss of the season in a 38-7 rout on Sunday.It denied the Dolphins (3-1) their first 4-0 start since Hall of Fame […]
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Death notices for Monday, Oct. 1
ARMANDI — Robert, 96, a resident of Jay, passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, in Farmington. Funeral services with full military honors will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at Finley Funeral Home, 15 Church St., Livermore Falls. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. prior to the funeral service. Interment at Gracelawn […]
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Jackie Marie (Blouin) Cheche
LEWISTON — Jackie Marie (Blouin) Cheche 58 of Cottage Street passed away peacefully Friday, Sept. 28, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, with her family by her side. Jackie was born March 16, 1960, in Lewiston, a daughter of Arthur and Nancy Blouin. She was educated at local schools. She got a degree as a certified […]
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Margaret "Jo" Davenport
PORTLAND — Margaret “Jo” Davenport died Friday, Sept. 21, at Seaside Nursing Home in Portland, at the age of 88. She was raised with her three sisters and brother on Long Island in New York. She graduated from Radcliffe College and earned graduate degrees from Tufts University and Teachers College, Columbia University. Her father, Frank Smith, […]