1936 – 2015 STRONG — Richard “Dick” Clyde Chandler, 79, passed away at home on Monday, June 8, with his family by his side. He was the husband of Lorraine, son of Clyde and Alice Chandler and brother of Mary (Chandler) Taylor. Dick was born on the family farm on the Chandler Road in Strong […]
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Robert R. Packard
1961 – 2015 AUBURN — Robert R. Packard, 53, of Auburn, was welcomed to heaven by our Lord Jesus on Wednesday, June 10. He passed at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice in Auburn after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer and is now at peace in the arms of the Lord […]
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H.S. baseball playoffs: Dragons sidestep Devils
BRUNSWICK — With the way Brunswick ace John Parker and Lewiston senior righty Kyle Ullrich were pitching in Tuesday’s Eastern A preliminary baseball game, the biggest fear was if the game was going to get completed before the threatening weather arrived. But a perfectly-executed slap bunt by Dragons No. 8 hitter Pearson Cost loaded the […]
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Kathleen Mary Cole
1917 – 2015 NAUGATUCK, Conn. — Kathleen Mary Cole, 98, formerly of Rumford, passed away Sunday, May 17, at Paradigm Healthcare Center in Prospect, Conn. She was born May 5, 1917, in Rumford, daughter of the late Joseph P. and Florence Ellen (Keenan) Clohosey. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Cole. Kathleen is survived […]
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Eric C. Griffey, MD
1943 – 2015 LEWISTON — Eric C. Griffey, MD, 71, of Auburn, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 29, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Known to many in our community simply as Dr. Griffey, he was born in Mobile, Ala., on Oct. 25, 1943, to Bernard and Hazel Griffey. He enlisted in the United […]
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Ellen E. Disney
1943 – 2015 AUBURN — Ellen E. Disney, of Lisbon Falls, died at the Hospice House in Auburn on Friday, April 10. She was born in Hartford, Conn., on April 30, 1943, the only child of Allen W. and Gretchen M. Hart of Unionville, Conn. She graduated from Farmington High School and earned a Bachelor […]
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Elizabeth J. Prince
1923 – 2015 ENFIELD, Conn.—Elizabeth J. Prince, 92, of Enfield, Conn., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 24, at Parkway Pavilion. She was born on March 15, 1923, in Minot, the daughter of the late Arthur and Alzada (Cooley) Gove. Elizabeth was raised in Mechanic Falls and had lived in Enfield since 1952. She was […]
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Persis Ann Grover
1956 – 2015 DANVILLE — Persis Ann (Day) Grover, 58, of Danville, lost her battle with cancer on Thursday, March 19, at the Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. Persis was born on May 3, 1956, in New Britain, Conn., the daughter of Roland And Shirley Payne Day. She was a graduate of Terryville […]
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Jane Welles Addicott
1913 – 2014 CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — Jane Wolcott Welles Addicott passed away peacefully at her home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., at the age of 101, surrounded by loving family, on Monday, Nov. 3. Born at home in Wethersfield, Conn., Jane was educated at the King Low Heywood School in Connecticut, Rollins College in Florida and Exeter […]
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Agency: Schools helped Lanza’s mom ‘appease’ him
HARTFORD, Conn. — Adam Lanza’s parents and educators contributed to his social isolation in the years before he carried out the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre by accommodating — and not confronting — his difficulties engaging with the world, according to a state report issued Friday. The Office of the Child Advocate, which investigated […]