LEWISTON — Shirley M. Merrow, 79, of Lewiston passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the Androscoggin Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born in New Haven, Vermont, on June 10, 1937, the daughter of the late Scott and Christine (Currier) Lowell. On Oct. 22, 1955, she married the love of her life, […]
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Jack Morton Matloff
1933 – 2015 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dr. Jack Morton Matloff passed away peacefully in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 20, at age 82. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Martha Bernier Matloff, originally of Mechanic Falls; their children, Lori and Stephen; six grandchildren; and two brothers. Born in New Haven, Conn., […]
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Regulators rarely enforce law that protects homeowners from lead
Thousands of Maine children and hundreds of thousands across the country are being exposed to poisonous lead paint because a federal law designed to protect them is barely being enforced. The 2010 law, the “Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule,” requires that contractors must be trained in and follow lead-safe practices that prevent the spread […]
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The Rev. Richard Gelwick
1931 – 2014 HARPSWELL — The Rev. Dr. Richard Gelwick of Harpwell died Sunday, June 29, in Harpswell. Gelwick graduated with a bachelor’s of arts degree from Southern Methodist University in 1952; a master’s of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1956; and a doctor of theology degree from the Pacific School of Religion […]
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Reuel E. ‘Tom’ Thompson
1943 – 2013 LEWISTON — Reuel E. “Tom” Thompson, 70, of Madrid, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. He was born on June 19, 1943, in New Haven, Conn., a son of, Reuel and Marian (Young) Thompson, Sr. He attended Connecticut schools, graduating from Eli Whitney Technical School […]
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Three Americans win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on traffic-control system of cells
Three American researchers won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their insights into the traffic-control system for living cells — discoveries that the awards committee hoped would lead to future treatments for epilepsy, diabetes and immunological disorders. The winners, who will share the $1.2 million prize, are James Rothman, 62, a cell biologist from […]
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‘Poopetrator’ puzzles Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University hopes to solve a case of whodungit by identifying the stinker who has been soiling students’ laundry by sticking human feces inside clothes dryers. The culprit has been dubbed the “poopetrator” and is being blamed for at least four incidents in the past month in the laundry room […]
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Full service to resume on crippled NYC-Conn. rail
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Transit Authority says full service will be restored to a crippled line of the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad. The MTA says Saturday that the line running between New Haven, Conn., and Grand Central Terminal in New York City will run at full capacity beginning Monday. The MTA says Monday’s […]
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Harold R. ‘John’ McPeek
1945 – 2013 PORTLAND — John McPeek, 68, of Mexico, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Aug. 1, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. John was born in Sydney, N.Y., on June 25, 1945, the son of Robert W. and Vergie M. (Spangenburg) McPeek. He graduated from Guilford High School in New York and attended college […]