When Joseph Fairfield, 62, wasn’t preparing fields, announcing games, running scoreboards and transporting athletes, he was leading cheers from the stands.
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Countercultural guru who founded Burning Man dead at 70
The weeklong celebration he created now draws as many as 70,000 people from around the world.
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Feature obituary: Sandra Featherman, visionary former UNE president, dies at 84
Featherman was chief architect of the 1996 merger of UNE and Westbrook College in Portland.
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William P. Soule, 90, retired South Portland insurance agent
The lifelong resident also started three travel agencies.
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Feature obituary: Robert Thomas, Edgecomb artist inspired by Maine landscapes, time spent in Beirut
Mr. Thomas worked as a media relations specialist before turning to painting after moving to Maine in 2003.
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Feature obituary: Raymond H. Frank, 63, retired mover and construction worker
Mr. Frank’s body was found in a Scarborough street early Sunday by a newspaper carrier.
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Arnold Hirsch, author who studied urban renewal and racism, dies
His book, “Making the Second Ghetto,” remains a touchstone for historians, sociologists and journalists.
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Feature obituary: Robert Lothrop, 73, lobsterman out of Pine Point for 47 years
Mr. Lothrop was also a Scarborough town councilor for 12 years.
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Boston man renowned for his portrayal of Bozo the Clown dies at age 89
Frank Avruch also was a UNICEF ambassador and longtime TV personality who loved children and had a ‘heart of gold.’
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Feature obituary: Derek Cressey, 37, Windham business owner and avid skier
Mr. Cressey died March 8 in a skiing accident in Colorado.