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Worthington Scholarship Foundation leaders bestowed with USM honorary degree Thu, 05/13/2021 - 4:00pm David and Beverly Worthington. (Photo by Charlie McDonald Photography) PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine has bestowed honorary degrees to the co-founders of the Worthington Scholarship Foundation. During the virtual commencement ceremony last weekend, David and Beverly Worthington, of Spruce Head, accepted the Doctor of Humane Letters in a pre-taped video presentation. “Our passion is about lifting up Maine students to achieve their academic goals,” says Beverly Wor...

WALDOBORO — Earl Walter Reynolds, Sr., 88, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on May 7, 2021. Earl was born on March 14, 1933 in North Waldoboro to George and Edith Reynolds. Earl graduated from Waldoboro High School in 1950...

Nathan Fuller. SPRUCE HEAD — Nathan Fuller, 94, passed away peacefully at Pen Bay Medical Center, with family by his side. Born in St. George, Maine on June 24, 1926, he was one of four children born to Seymour and Elvie Chaples Fuller. He attended the Wiley’s Corner School in St. George. In 1942, Nate lied about his age and enlisted in the Navy. During World War II, he served on the USS Pasadena as a Gunner’s Mate. A happy memory of his time in the Navy was being tied up beside the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to witness the Japanese surrender in 1945. He returned home and was later re...

Rockland  MaineUnited States ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre announces the election of Ellen Seidman as Chair of The Friends of the Strand Theatre Board. Friends of the Strand Theatre (FOST) is the nonprofit organization that owns and operates the 98 year old theater.  Seidman, a resident of both Spruce Head and Portland, is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Urban Institute. Prior to moving to Maine full time, she had a long career in the federal government and with several community development organizations. She has been on the FOST Board since 2016, serving as Vice Chair the past two years....

An application for bonds that would raise $135 million to develop a ski resort on Moosehead Lake will go before a Finance Authority of Maine public hearing Monday. Provident Group-Moosehead Lake L3C plans the resort for Big Moose Township, which is in the unorganized territory, about six miles north of Greenville, at the site of a once-thriving resort now run by a nonprofit as a small ski area. The L3C is the development team of Provident Resources Group, of Baton Rouge, La., in partnership with Big Lake Development LLC and Treadwell Franklin Inc., headed by Perry Williams, who lives in L...