Whether he was playing sports or helping his folks around the house, the 7-year-old carried a rich and contagious enthusiasm, his father, Nathan Briggs, said.
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Former UMaine astronomer remembered for unpacking the mysterious universe
George Ayers taught Mainers about the wonders of the celestial world for decades at UMaine and in his monthly column ‘What’s Up.’ He died at home in Gorham on May 10 at age 96.
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Hank Donovan, Bowdoin man who lived life with enthusiasm, dies at 66
He had a lifelong interest in genealogy and loved digging up details of his family history.
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Marty Engstrom, Maine’s reluctant celebrity TV weatherman, dies at 86
Known as ‘Marty on the Mountain,’ he was trained as a broadcast engineer but gave weather reports from the top of Mount Washington for WMTW for 38 years.
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Harold L. Osher, Maine physician, philanthropist, map collector, dies at 99
After a medical career that spanned 45 years, Osher devoted his later years to his love of maps, donating a collection valued at over $100 million to the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
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Man killed in home explosion remembered as leader in Maine’s South Sudanese community
Lado Lodoka, 44, was working on an oil-fired boiler at his home in New Gloucester on Saturday when the explosion occurred.
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Jodi Phinney, co-founder of Maine Doulas, dies at 54
Phinney, who had been battling ALS, helped hundreds of mothers through pregnancy into parenting.
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David Geary, ‘Godfather of Maine craft beer,’ dies at 78
The pioneering brewer and his wife, Karen, launched D.L. Geary Brewing in Portland, giving New England its first craft brewery with Geary’s Pale Ale setting the standard for English-style ales.
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South Sudanese pastor found faith, community in southern Maine
Solomon Mursal died unexpectedly on June 25. The 54-year-old pastor came to Portland from South Sudan as a refugee in the early 2000s.
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Yvonne Jacquette, painter and long-time Maine summer resident, dies at 88
She had spent summers since the mid-60s at her home in Searsmont and was known nationally for her aerial views.