Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:00am
Rhoda Ackerson Weyr, a long-time Boothbay resident and community activist, died on Sunday, April 25, 2021 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. She was 83 and had developed complications after a fall.
She was born Rhoda Anne Ackerson in 1937 in Budapest, Hungary, where her father was a U.S. diplomat. Weyr’s roots in Maine extended back to her maternal grandfather, who bought a large part of Monhegan Island where he was stationed during the Spanish American War. Weyr inherited the land and donated most of it to the Monhegan Land Trust where there is now a plaque on Blackhead commemorating her aunt.
Sandra Seifert Fri, 04/23/2021 - 12:30pm
“On the Rocks - Ocean Point,” - oil on linen/board, 14” x 18” by
Cheryl Blaydon. See more of her paintings at Southport Memorial Library through June. Courtesy of the artist
Photographer Melanie Howe’s Ram Island image almost looks surreal. See more of her work, at Southport Memorial Library. Courtesy of Melanie Howe
“Still Life with Hibiscus” - oil painting by Cheryl Blaydon. See it at the Southport Memorial Library in May and June. Courtesy of the artist
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The Southport Memorial Library resumes its Artist of the Month program May 1 with a two woman show featuring the works of photographer Melanie Howe/Coastal Reflections Photography and artist/author Cheryl Blaydon.
Eula Ossofsky
Eula Wood Ossofsky, 89, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine died peacefully on Dec. 9, 2020 with the love of her family surrounding her. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, auntie, and friend.
Eula was born in Elmira, New York on May 23, 1931. She was the cherished daughter of Paul and Florence Wood.
Always working to help others in nursing-related fields, Eula had an exciting and challenging career. She was a nurse (graduating from St. James School of nursing in Hornell, New York), a Steuben County City Health nurse, caseworker for seasonal migratory farm workers, director of Medical Social Services at Arnot Ogden Memorial Hospital in Elmira, New York, director of Portland, Maine’s National Council of Aging, and an arthritis research nurse in Alexandria, Virginia.