The Veterans Monument at Jackson-Silver Post 68 of the American Legion in Greenwood is dedicated Nov. 11, the centennial of the Armistice of World War I. From left, front, are Delwin Wilson, Elden Bartlett, Richard Melville, Owen Melville, Harry Orcutt, Al Lake, Commander Kelly Bickford, Leroy Patten, Richard Wakefield, Joseph Hebert and William Bickford; back, from […]
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Scam alert: Verify requests to help veterans
This year is the 100th anniversary of the Nov. 11 signing of the treaty that ended World War I. Nov. 11 eventually became Veterans Day. In what AARP’s Fraud Watch Network calls “a shameful twist,” crooks are pretending to represent charities benefiting our nation’s heroes. Scammers often use sound-alike names or invent authentic “organizations” to […]
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Veterans honored at Peru school assembly
Veteran Scotty Kilbreth of Canton attends the Veterans Day breakfast and assembly at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru on Friday morning. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times) PERU — More than 50 military veterans were honored by students and staff at Dirigo Elementary School on Friday morning. Principal Charlie Swan called the men and women — most […]
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Disabled veterans sled hockey team to play, hold clinic
AUBURN — The New England Warriors, the Lewiston-based disabled veterans’ sled hockey team, will be playing two games on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Norway Savings Bank Arena at 985 Turner St. The first game starts at 8:10 a.m. and the second at 9:40 a.m. Following the second game, from noon to 1 p.m., they […]
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31st memorial monument needs more names
LEWISTON — A new granite marker with 216 names of local veterans is dedicated every Memorial Day at Veterans Memorial Park at the base of the Great Falls on the Androscoggin River. Memorial stone No. 31 may not be ready for the 2019 ceremony. Names have slowly trickled in for the 31st marker, according to […]
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Ground broken for Maine Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
LEWISTON — Seven golden shovels stood upright in a mound of dirt Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park. As a crowd of about 80 watched, Gold Star parents, veterans and politicians shoveled dirt, breaking ground for the planned Maine Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. Gold Star flags symbolize a family member who died serving in […]
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Face Time: Claire Starnes and the untold stories of women veterans
Claire Starnes, a Vietnam War veteran and New Hampshire woman who was born and raised in Maine and went to the Twin Cities’ St. Dominic High School, is wrapping up a statewide tour behind a book she helped write with other female veterans. The book, “Women Vietnam Veterans: Our Untold Stories,” recounts the experiences of […]
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Cabin in the Woods opens at Togus providing homes to homeless veterans
CHELSEA — Tim Buckmore is delighted by his new digs, even if the cable TV hasn’t arrived yet. Until this summer, Buckmore, 57, was one of dozens of homeless veterans living in Maine. Now he’s among 19 veterans who have moved into small houses on a quiet corner of the VA Maine Healthcare System-Togus campus. For […]
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Angus King supports push for cannabis for veterans
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s independent senator says he is getting behind an effort to research how medicinal cannabis could help veterans. Sen. Angus King is part of a bipartisan group of legislators that wants to authorize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to advance research about the safety and efficacy of medicinal cannabis for veterans […]
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Lavonne Marie Thomas
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Lavonne “Vonnie” M. Thomas, 82, passed peacefully surrounded by close friends after a short illness on Saturday, Aug. 11. Vonnie was born in Gilbert, Idaho, on March 24, 1936, to Elmer and Myrtle (Phar) Bell. Vonnie was raised on a farm and following graduation from Nezperce High School, she attended the University of […]