Obituary: Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr. (Blackie)
BRUNSWICK - Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr., 89, of Brunswick and formerly of Madison, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2021, .
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Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr. (Blackie)
BRUNSWICK – Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr., 89, of Brunswick and formerly of Madison, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2021, following a brief illness.Ernest was born on July 23, 1931, in Berre, Mass., to Ernest R. Merry Sr and Edna (Post) Merry. At the young age of four his family moved to Cornville, ME. He attended local schools and Skowhegan High School. In 1948 he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to an engineering unit building air bases in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and England during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1952 at the rank of Corporal.Ernest worked on the family farm and in the woods. In 1960 he went to work for North Anson Reel Co. where he worked for sixteen years. He then went to work for Madison Paper Co
Dorchester County man drowns after jumping off bridge to avoid oncoming train Authorities say a 28-year-old man walking on a train bridge over a South Carolina lake drowned after he had to jump into the water to avoid an oncoming locomotive. (Source: WYFF) By WYFF Staff and Associated Press | February 16, 2021 at 1:25 PM EST - Updated February 16 at 3:52 PM
CLEMSON, S.C. (WYFF/AP) - Authorities say a 28-year-old man walking on a train bridge over a South Carolina lake drowned after he had to jump into the water to avoid an oncoming locomotive.
Joshua Corey Savage, 28, of Dorchester County, was pulled from Lake Hartwell on Saturday after jumping into the water to avoid a train, Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said.
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Western Maine trails received $87,000 in grants with $30,000 granted to The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust to improve wayfaring in the trust’s 36 miles of trails. Trailhead signs and trail markers will be improved and an in-town trail between Rangeley’s Lakeside Park and the Rangeley Public Library will be constructed.
“Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has conserved more than 14,000 acres in the region for public access and the wayfinding system will be critical to keeping access safe and educational,” David Miller, executive director of The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, said.
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s office released a report the first week of July that included several first-hand accounts of the Sept. 16, 2019, LEAP Inc. building explosion in Farmington. Accounts from firefighters confirmed that there was no smell of propane outside or inside of the building. While no propane was detected around the tank, the measurement readings in the basement w