There was an unsettling moment when I thought the pterodactyl-looking creature might rear up and pluck one of the eyeballs right out of my head. Just you never mind that the pterodactyl creature was no more than three inches tall or that it seemed unable to stand on its two comically large feet. This was […]
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Tsukasa Horie
PORTLAND — Tsukasa Horie, M.D., passed away Sunday, April 15, with his family at his side. He was born in Niihama, Ehime-ken, Japan, in 1926, son of Isamu and Mineko Horie. After an early education in Niihama, Saijo and Matsuyama, he entered Tokyo Medical and Dental University, graduating with a medical degree in 1956. He was […]
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David W. Elder
BRUNSWICK — David Wayne Elder, 69, of 46 Elm St., Auburn, died Friday, May 4, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, following a long illness. Born in Boston, Mass., on July 7, 1948, he was the son of William B. and Gloria A. Stevens Elder. He was educated in Massachusetts schools, and moved to Maine in […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: For the birds
Shopping Siren saw her first robin of the season the other day. There was jumping for joy. Literally. Jumping and shouting and pointing and a bit of weeping because, thank Mother Nature, robins mean winter is finally, finally ending. The robin, for its part, was startled and quickly flew away, likely to find a yard […]
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Forest Service celebrates Migratory Bird Day
To celebrate International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD), White Mountain National Forest biologist, Lesley Rowse, will lead an early morning bird walk on Saturday, May 12. Each spring millions of migratory birds return to the United States and Canada to breed and raise their young. A variety of birds including several species of warblers and thrush […]
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Naturalist to explain Maine Bird Atlas
FARMINGTON — Western Maine Audubon will open its spring program series by presenting a talk about the Maine Bird Atlas by Maine Audubon naturalist Doug Hitchcox at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in the North Dining Hall, University of Maine at Farmington. The goal of the Maine Bird Atlas is to document the current distribution […]
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John V. Wiken III
RUMFORD — John V. Wiken III, 75, of Peru passed away suddenly Feb. 22, 2018. He was born in Dixfield, Maine, with his twin sister, Jeanne, to John V. Wiken Jr. and Nellie Tutlis Wiken. He graduated from Stephens High School and attended Wentworth Institute. John worked as a bridge inspector for the state of Maine. […]
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Rosalie Jenkins
AUBURN — Rosalie Jenkins, 68, of Auburn passed away at home with her family by her side, early Sunday morning, after she fought a long and hard battle with multiple sclerosis. Rosie was born July 10, 1949, in Lewiston to parents Merle Davis Sr. and Doris Ames. She enjoyed family gatherings, going to play beano with […]
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Stanton Bird Club field trip, but no meeting in January
LEWISTON — The Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston and Auburn will not meet in January, as the USM Lewiston-Auburn College, where the session is usually held, will be closed for the holidays. The club will have a birding field trip on Saturday, Jan. 13, to Marginal Way and Ogunquit. The field trip is free and […]
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Marion Hazel Sheen Bernier
BRUNSWICK — Marion Hazel Sheen Bernier, 91, of Lisbon, went peacefully to the Lord, with her daughters by her side on Saturday, August 19. She was born in Bowdoin, Maine on January 15, 1926, a daughter of the late Edward and Carrie (Douglass) Sheen. She married her sweetheart, Albert J. Bernier, Jr. on February 22, […]