He played both villains and heroes in his seven-decade career for directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Tim Burton.
2017
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
George Romero, father of the modern zombie movie, dies at 77
‘Night of the Living Dead,’ made for about $100,000, featured flesh-hungry ghouls trying to feast on humans holed up in a Pennsylvania house. Many considered it to be a critique on racism in America.
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Posted inNation & World
Flash flood in Arizona canyon claims 5 children, 4 adults
Ash-laden floodwaters slammed into a normally tranquil swimming area. A 13-year-old boy was still missing Sunday.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win top math prize, dies at 40
The Iranian-born mathematician’s work is mostly theoretical but regarded as highly infuential.
Posted inMaine, News
Seaplane pilot, passenger escape injury in hard landing in Naples
The plane left from Biddeford Municipal Airport and was en route to Brandy Pond, police say.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Socialists meet to form Socialist Party in Augusta
The founding convention was designed to identify the goals of the party and start to shape an electoral strategy and talk about campaigns.
Posted inMaine, News
Motorcycle passenger killed in Union crash
The Rockport woman was not wearing a helmet and died at the scene, police say.
Posted inMaine, News
Proposed Penny Hill Park project on Waterville Planning Board agenda
20,000-square-foot building would house offices and possible retail businesses.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, Maine International Film Festival, News
Waterville art show exhibit aims to challenge way we look at, listen to and think about film
The Maine International Film Festival’s ‘MIFFONEDGE’ audiovisual exhibit at downtown gallery is free and open to public for duration of festival.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Gardiner celebrates new downtown businesses
Opening downtown are a medical marijuana shop, pizza chain and a kids consignment shop.