Mr. Mitton opened his shop in 1959 and ran it at various addresses, notably on Fore Street, for a half-century.
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Caleb Fraser, a Portland High grad and standout pitcher, dies at 26
His body was discovered by a hiker Monday morning in the Presumpscot River, and Portland police say his death is being investigated as an apparent drowning.
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John Neuts, 29, skilled boatsman and champion snowmobile racer
‘He loved anything that had four wheels,’ his father recalled.
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Christopher Gillies, 65, retired senior master sergeant in Air National Guard
During his 38-year career, he was deployed to the Middle East 3 times.
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Rosaline Sanford, 92, longtime nurse at Maine Medical Center
She lived in Freeport for most of her life and graduated from Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in 1949.
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Elizabeth ‘Ibby’ Conroy, nurse at former Arnie Hanson Center, dies at 81
From 1986 to 2001, she was a nurse at the Arnie Hansen Center on India Street in Portland, now the home of the Milestone Foundation.
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Jesse Harvey, advocate for people battling substance abuse, dies of possible overdose
Harvey founded what he called the Church of Safe Injection, a group of recovery houses, and created a mobile operation to distribute sterile needles.
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Keith Savage, former probation and parole officer in Portland, dies at 80
He grew up in Portland and attended Deering High, leaving school at 17 to join the Army and serve 2 tours during the Vietnam War.
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Gerard Menard, 94, longtime postal worker in Brunswick
Mr. Menard spent much of his time designing and building stage sets for school, college and church productions.
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Juliet Holmes-Smith, prominent Portland attorney and executive director of the Volunteer Lawyers Project, dies at 58
Holmes-Smith, who died of complications from a recent stroke, was known as a tireless advocate for Maine’s poor and underserved.