Roy Alan Rodgers.
BELFAST Roy Alan Rodgers died unexpectedly on March 31 in Belfast. Born in Waterville, on November 1, 1953, he was the fifth of six children of Richard and Rosie Deering Rodgers. He grew up in Pittsfield, graduated from Maine Central Institute in 1972, and attended the University of Maine in Orono.
In 1976, Roy married Portia Goltz. They “lived on the land,” in Monroe, Maine, where they built their home and began raising their two children, Cedar and Vanessa. Eventually Roy and Portia parted ways, and he and the children moved to Belfast seeking opportunities for his fledgling construction business and to join a larger community.
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Maureen Ronayne thought 2020 would be the year when, at long last, her 10-year-old son Daniel would learn to read at grade level. She and her husband had spent six years fighting to get Daniel, who is dyslexic, the supports he needed from the Medford public schools. Those included a spot at the school with the most reading support, a separate class at the school dedicated to reading remediation, and a private tutor funded partially by the district.