Orleans, Mass. William “Bill” Hathaway Farnham, Jr. passed away on November 16, 2023, in Orleans, Mass. Bill was born on July 31, 1936, in Cambridge, Massachusetts to William and Mary Farnham of Milton, Mass. Bill was raised alongside his three sisters: Elizabeth (Betsey), Ann, and Mary (Polly). Bill was aRead More
Damariscotta, Maine A. Knight Coolidge, 78, passed away peacefully November 13, 2023 in Damariscotta. Knight was born in Chicago, Illinois, September 30, 1945. His first childhood home was a repurposed Chicago World’s Fair guard house just south of the University of Chicago where his parents, Dr. Thomas B. Coolidge (MD,Read More
Vergennes, Vt. Hale Walcoff passed away on Sept. 30, 2023. He was 67-years-old. A lifetime on the water made him appreciate nuance and the power of things unseen, and he loved his family, his friends, his dog, his work, and God (not necessarily in that order). As managing director ofRead More
West Gardiner, Maine Col. John Forest Marsh MWS (retired), of West Gardiner, passed away surrounded by family on Sept. 25, 2023. John was born in 1942 to Maynard and Frances Marsh. He attended primary school in Gorham, Maine, and moved on to earn a degree in history from the UniversityRead More
Sag Harbor, Long Island The beloved singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett passed away at his home in Sag Harbor, Long Island on Friday, Sept. 1, surrounded by family and friends. Buffett, 76, had been fighting Merkel Cell Skin Cancer for four years. He continued to perform during treatment, playing his last show,Read More
Atlanta, Ga. The first Black man of any nation to solo-circumnavigate the world via Cape Horn, William “Bill” Pinkney died on Aug. 31 at the age of 87 in Atlanta, Ga. Pinkney was born on September 15, 1935 in Chicago, Ill., to Marion Henderson and William Deltorius Pinkney. After spendingRead More
Reading, Mass. Stephen Andrew Brodecki, of Reading, Mass., passed away on Aug. 30. He is the son of the late Andy and Anna Brodecki. He is the brother of Christine Seaquist and her husband, Jack, of Port Orange, Fla., along with three nephews and a niece. Stephen was a graduateRead More
Camden, Maine Francis “Frank” Joseph O’Hara Sr., 91, died on Aug. 3, at his home in Camden, Maine, surrounded by his family. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on Oct. 29, 1931, he was the son of Francis Joseph and Dorothy (MacCalduff) O’Hara. He married Donna “Jill” Hildreth in Portland, Maine, onRead More
Vineyard Haven, Mass. James (Jim) Howard Lobdell, the first of three sons of Margaret Kisk and Howard Lobdell, arrived with the incoming tide on Aug. 20, 1943. He left us, much mourned, with the outgoing tide, on July 22. He was 79. Sitting with him as he set off onRead More
Bristol, R.I. After a wonderful 92-years of life, Herbert P. Browne, Jr., died peacefully next to his wife of 66 years, Christine Gorcynski Browne, on July 6. Herb and Christine founded Bristol Bagel Works in 1994 with their son, Rob, where they worked side by side until they could noRead More
