‘The Sheriff’ of Portland’s Blackstones bar, Rusty Wilcox, remembered as a friend to all

Wilcox was a fixture at the Pine Street establishment, where he looked out for others and was a talented pool player.

Auburn woman with ALS declares in obit she opted to end her life

Kathryn Begg's obituary says she died Saturday, 'which was the date and time of her own choosing.'

Carlo Cimino, founder of Maine construction company, dies at 84

The business he launched 57 years ago has led the construction of schools and multifamily housing projects throughout the state.

Tim Allen, veteran Maine news editor, dies at 70

Allen was a copy editor and weekend city editor at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for nine years, and had worked at several other Maine dailies as well.

Augusta woman’s first-person obituary an ode to her ‘positive vibes,’ daughters say

Gail Armstrong says in her obituary she has joined the newspapers' "Stiffs Section" after dying last week from "complications with illness, having a little too much fun earlier in life, and fatigue from dealing with all the humorless and overly sensitive people in this world today." She was 61.

War hero and presidential candidate John McCain has died

'Right Stuff' author Tom Wolfe dead at 88

Stephen Hawking, best-known physicist of his time, dead at 76

Stephen C. Weidner

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