AUBURN — Former chamber head Matt Leonard has created a new event to match-make entrepreneurial veterans leaving the service with business owners looking to leave their companies to someone else. Called the Maine Small Business Exchange, it’s being held Feb. 16-17 at the Auburn Hilton Garden Inn. More than a dozen veterans from around New […]
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Hospice gives hero's welcome home to vets in Salute Ceremony
LISBON — Beacon Hospice honored two special heroes on Feb. 6 at The Lamp Memory Care Center in Lisbon. Each veteran was presented with a certificate, an American flag pin, a military memory book, and a beautiful hand-made knitted American flag. As American veterans have done everything asked in the mission to serve the country, […]
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BITMS seeking disabled veterans who like to fish
AUGUSTA — Back In The Maine Stream is a nonprofit organization of disabled veterans with a strong desire to help other disabled Maine veterans increase their quality of life and heal physical and emotional trauma through recreational fishing. The group is looking for a few new members. Honorably discharged Maine veterans with a disability of […]
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Thanking veterans
Charlotte Crowley, Olivia Crowley and Michael Klick write notes and draw pictures on cards that Museum L-A will deliver to veterans’ nursing homes and hospitals. Everyone is invited to visit Museum L-A to write a note to a veteran and to view the current exhibit, “The Work of War: Honoring Our Veterans and the Ones […]
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Horses Across Maine rides holiday parade
Horses Across Maine members ride on Norway’s Main Street during the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas parade on Saturday, Nov. 25. Nonprofit founder Peter Seames rides on the right in the front row. Riders with him are, from left, Shaynah Seames, Georgia Clarke-Crane, Jay Brunjes, Emalee Coffin and Cindy Seames. Horses across Maine is a planning […]
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Former legislator provides handknit slippers to homeless vets
Sheryl Briggs holds a list of 27 people who assisted in her effort to provide slippers to homeless veterans during the 20th annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Oct. 21 at Togus in Augusta. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) Sheryl Briggs was one of 210 volunteers at the 20th annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Oct. […]
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Honor all veterans, including women
As a veteran, the day that our country celebrates and honors the sacrifices of the men and women who have served in the military is significant and extra special to me. I remember every milestone moment of my time in the service: my initial meeting with a recruiter in Portland; being sworn in and taking […]
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Local veterans honored at Museum L-A exhibit
Lefty Gilbert of Lewiston views the documentation and images of himself when he served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. The community is invited to visit Museum L-A to bring veteran photos for the honor wall that is part of a gallery exhibit, “The Work of War: Honoring […]
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'Family first' at veterans luncheon
RUMFORD — It was a family affair at the veterans’ luncheon Saturday at American Legion Post 24. According to Post Commander William Petrie, National Commander Denise Rohan wanted to open all posts to the public on Veterans Day this year. “She’s the first-ever female national commander, and her motto is ‘family first,’” Petrie said. Robert […]
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Veterans Day a time for reflection
For most, Veterans Day is a time to recognize the men and women responsible for maintaining freedom, to celebrate with family and friends and to thank a veteran or two. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1926, Congress passed a […]