1945 – 2015 ALASKA — Robert H. Allard, 69, of Carrabassett Valley, died Thursday, Aug. 20, from natural causes while hunting in the Wrangell Mountains in Alaska with his son, Matt. Robert was born Oct. 17, 1945, in Lewiston to Henry and Yvette (Brillant) Allard. Bob attended Lewiston schools and served in the U.S. Navy […]
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Myrtle B. Howes
1922 – 2015 PITTSFIELD, N.H. — Myrtle B. Howes, 92, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Concord Hospice House in Concord, N.H. Myrtle was born in Stratton on Nov. 6, 1922, a daughter of Oramendal and Bertha Blanchard and lived there until 1946. She later moved to Portland, Hampton Bays and Long Island […]
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Freight sails from Portland for sale in Boston
PORTLAND — As she walked along the wharf at 400 West Commercial St., Leah Cook had a question. “So who is schlepping?” she asked of almost a dozen volunteer stevedores helping to go back to the future of seafaring with Maine Sail Freight, a project designed to get consumers and producers to re-examine sustainable interstate […]
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Portland Science Center kicks off with Body Worlds
PORTLAND — Keeping a large number of corpses in a waterfront warehouse is rarely considered good form. But in the case of the new Portland Science Center, it could bring thousands of people through the doors in a short period. The corpses are part of Body Worlds, a traveling exhibit that puts real human bodies on […]
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Dorothy S. Cyr
1930 – 2015 NORWAY — Dorothy S. Cyr, 85, of South Paris, passed away Saturday, Aug. 29, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. Dorothy was born in Portland on March 1, 1930, a daughter of Burton A. and Ruth E. (Carroll) Shaw. She attended Norway schools and graduated from Norway High School. She later graduated from Lesley […]
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Anne Fedorovich Hagan
1926 – 2015 AUBURN — Anne Hagan, also known as Annie, Ma, Mom, Grammy, GG and Auntie Annie, died peacefully Monday, Aug. 24, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, with her family by her side. She was born July 1, 1926, in Winslow, and was the daughter of Walter and Christine Fedorovich. She attended […]
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Rejeanne L. Gauvin
1930 – 2015 PORTLAND — Rejeanne L. Gauvin, 85, a resident of Elm Street, Jay, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born Jan. 17, 1930, in Saint-Pamphile, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Alfred Jean and Hermine (Dumais) Jean. She attended school in […]
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Vivian Kaul
1935 – 2015 ORRINGTON — Vivian (Nelson) Kaul, 79, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 25, in the arms of her daughter after an extremely long battle with frontotemporal dementia. Vivian graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Class of 1953. She married Jerome C. Kaul on Aug. 29, 1957. Vivian worked as secretary, mostly […]
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Louise York
1936 – 2015 PORTLAND — Louise York, 78, a resident of Jay, passed away Monday, Aug. 24. She was born Sept. 11, 1936, in Livermore, the daughter of Joseph Dube and Laura (Stimans) Dube. She attended school in Livermore. On Aug. 10, 1984, she married William “Chummy” Walsh in Jay. Louise enjoyed bingo and spending […]
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Deering, Portland High students to use METRO buses to get to school
PORTLAND — When high school students start school on Sept. 2, they will get there in an entirely new way. This fall marks the beginning of a partnership between Portland Public Schools and the METRO public transportation system. Students at Portland, Deering and Casco Bay high schools will be provided transit passes for free and unlimited […]