BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Town councilors on Bar Harbor have approved an agreement to lease a former ferry terminal to the company that left the property nearly a decade ago. The council voted 7-0 Tuesday to allow the town manager to sign a lease agreement with Atlantic Fleet Services, a Bar Harbor-based agent for […]
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George Herbert Ross
POLAND — George Herbert Ross, 61, of Poland passed away Monday, June 18, at his home. He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Oct. 27, 1956, the youngest son of the late Stewart and Florence Ross George held various manufacturing jobs throughout his life in Maine and New Hampshire. He loved to fish, and it […]
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George Herbert Ross
POLAND — George Herbert Ross, 61, of Poland passed away Monday, June 18, at home. He was born Oct. 27, 1956, in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, to parents Stewart and Florence (Harris) Ross. He was predeceased by both parents. Surviving are his special friend, Linda Patten; his children Amy, Nicole and Melissa; brother, Stewart Ross; sister, […]
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Mary Jane V. Orr
WEST PARIS — Mary Jane V. Orr, 79, of West Paris, left this Earth in her home on Tuesday, March 13. Jenny, as she was known to many, held a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. After meeting her then-husband, the late Charles William Morton Orr, at Johns Hopkins University in the 1960s, Jenny […]
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John Stephen Tucker
NORWAY — Captain John Stephen Tucker, 91, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 16, at the Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation after a brief illness. He was born on May 31, 1926, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to William Arthur and Alice Furneaux Tucker. With his sister Cynthia, the family relocated to Belmont, Mass. John attended […]
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Evelyn Bishop Sinclair
AUBURN — Evelyn Bishop Sinclair, 94, passed away suddenly in her home on March 7. Evelyn was born on Oct. 8, 1923, in Hillsborough, N.B., the daughter of Martha Caldwell Bishop and Aubrey Sterling Bishop. Evelyn spent her childhood in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where her father served as a Baptist minister. After graduating from […]
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John F. Daggett
PARIS — John F. Daggett, 32, of Paris, was called by Our Lord on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, with his loving wife Heather Bonneau Daggett by his side, after an eight-month struggle against cancer. John was born at the Newport, Rhode Island, Naval Hospital on Feb. 15, 1985, and lived in Big Sur, California, Virginia Beach, […]
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U.S. Customs mandate likely to end The Cat ferry service to Nova Scotia
Portland officials will not invest millions of dollars demanded by the federal government to keep a Customs inspection operation at the city’s international ferry terminal — a decision that could end service between the city and Nova Scotia next year. Customs agents currently work in temporary, inadequate facilities at the terminal. Agency officials said facility […]
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Philip H. Grondin
PORTLAND — Philip H. Grondin, 76, passed away on Monday, Sept. 25, after a brief illness surrounded by his family. He was born the third of seven children of Robert J. Grondin and Laurence A. Giguere. He grew up on the family dairy farms, first at Twin Falls in Westbrook, then on the Grondin Farm in […]
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Portland Jetport adding international flight to Nova Scotia
PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland-based airline plans to launch flights from Maine’s largest city to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in June. Elite Airways says flights will begin on June 30. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2pZ9UY1) reported the route will operate Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at fares that start at $169 each way. The flights will leave […]