HARPSWELL — Frederick James Martin, 76, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, April 8, after courageously battling ongoing health issues for many years. Fred lived in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., prior to relocating to Topsham in 2004, and later, to Harpswell. Before retiring, Fred was a special education teacher with the Bergen County Special […]
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Dorothy May Yorke
1924 – 2015 TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. — Dorothy May (Dyas) Yorke passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Tuesday, April 7, at her daughter’s home in Tyngsborough, Mass. She was born on July 11, 1924, to Irene (Ireland) Dyas and Donald Vernon Dyas in Bergenfield, N.J. As a child and young adult, Dorothy lived in […]
Shirley J. Conant
1933 – 2015 AUBURN — Shirley J. Conant, 82, passed away on Saturday, March 21, at Clover Manor nursing home in Auburn. She was born on Feb. 18, 1933, in Gowanda, N.Y., the daughter of Byron and Margaret (Conklin) Leugemors. She graduated from Forestville Central High School in New York in 1951, where she served […]
Kazimierz ‘Ski’ Szczepanski
1922 – 2015 TOPSHAM — Kazimierz “Ski” John Szczepanski, 93, of The Highlands, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 21, with his family by his side. He was born in Trenton, N.J., on Feb. 25, 1922, a son of Adam Szczepanski and Katherine Rogowoki. He attended Trenton schools and earned his GED. In 1942, he […]
Doris Margaret Cox
1920 – 2015 We mourn the passing of Doris Margaret Cox, 94, née Doris Wagner, of Brick, N.J., and formerly of Lewiston, who died Friday, Feb. 6, at the Brandywine Assisted Living Center in Brick, N.J. She was born in Rumford on Aug. 28, 1920, the daughter of Percy and Jennifer Labrie Wagner. She was […]
New Jersey man indicted on manslaughter charges in fatal Bethel accident
PARIS — A grand jury has indicted a New Jersey man on manslaughter charges for his involvement in a crash in Bethel last summer that left a New Hampshire man dead. An Oxford County grand jury indicted 53-year-old Steven Thomas of Ravin Road in Califon, N.J., on charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault and two counts of […]
Tracy Morgan sues Wal-Mart for crash that killed 1
TRENTON, N.J. — Tracy Morgan has sued Wal-Mart over last month’s highway crash that seriously injured him and killed a fellow comedian. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, claims Wal-Mart was negligent when a driver of one of its tractor-trailers rammed into Morgan’s limousine van. The complaint claims the retail […]
Scandal clouds Gov. Christie’s visit to Jersey Shore
MANAHAWKIN, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie traveled to the Jersey Shore on Thursday to tout the state’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy, returning to an issue that cemented his reputation as a potential 2016 presidential candidate. But the visit was clouded by the growing political storm over his top advisers’ involvement in causing a […]
Florence B. Vanaman
1929 – 2013 VOORHEES, N.J. — Florence B. (nee Cummings) Vanaman, 84, of Mt. Laurel, N.J., died Tuesday, Nov. 19. She was born in Auburn on April 30, 1929, the daughter of George W. Cummings and Florence M. Johnson, and was raised in Auburn. Florence raised her family in Mount Laurel, N.J. She was an […]
Verna A. Cote
1929 – 2013 AUBURN — Verna A. Cote, 84, of Lewiston, passed peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 9, with her loving family surrounding her. She was born on May 6, 1929, to Ortho and Georgianna (Smith) Dolloff in Winthrop and raised in Mt. Vernon, along with her three sisters. She ventured to Connecticut and later to […]