NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen next week will continue discussion on obtaining a new veterans memorial. The board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in the Town Office. Chairman Gary Wight said previously that the town has memorial plaques recognizing veterans of World War II, but it doesn’t list their names or […]
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Veterans honored in four towns
Veterans Day services in Livermore, Livermore Falls, Jay and Fayette on Wednesday included prayer, wreath-laying, taps and a gun salute. Members of George Bunten American Legion Post 10, Frank L. Mitchell Veterans of Foreign War Post 3335 and Lane-Dube AMVETS Post 33 and their auxiliaries took part in services at the Livermore Falls Memorial Bridge, Brettuns […]
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Summit Project carries stones and stories so Maine’s heroes are not forgotten
In mid-October, as part of the Summit Project, I carried the stone and the story of Marine Corps Sgt. Kevin Brian Balduf to the summit of Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park. In reality, Balduf carried me. Kevin, as Balduf has become known to me, was a Marine Corps radioman who lost his life in Afghanistan’s […]
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Collins and King support rural care program for veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine’s U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are urging Robert McDonald, the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide support for a program that allows veterans in rural states to seek health care treatments from local medical providers. The Access Received Closer to Home program allows eligible veterans in […]
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Wheelchairs for veterans
Russ’ notes: Not to be used According to Laurie Sidelinger, coordinator of the 3rd and largest group from Honor Flight Maine this year, 45 Maine veterans will be making a trip to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials built to honor their service and sacrifice to the nation. This trip, taking place Oct. 31 to Nov. […]
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Rep. Bruce Poliquin says delegation ‘heck bent’ on solving Vet Center problems
Also on this page: Poliquin introduces bill to expand health care access for rural veterans LEWISTON — U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, along with an entourage of staff from the offices of Maine’s two U.S. Senators, heard directly from the man in charge as to why a Veterans Affairs counselling center for combat veterans and their […]
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Paul LePage to promote Hire-A-Vet Campaign
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage are lending their support to a project that aims to hire 100 unemployed Maine veterans in 100 days. The LePages will host a 4 p.m. Wednesday reception at the governor’s mansion, the Blaine House, to showcase the Maine Hire-A-Vet Campaign, according to an advisory issued Tuesday. […]
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Local vet center counseling, leadership jobs unfilled
LEWISTON — A shortage of mental health counselors at the Veteran Center in Lewiston has Maine’s U.S. Congressional delegation pushing for answers and Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald warning that a desperate, untreated veteran might act violently. As a measure of the problem, veterans and counselors say the local center has been without a team leader […]
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Addressing soldiers’ spiritual wounds
The riveting story by The Associated Press about Sgt. Marshall Powell’s combat related “moral injury” (Sun Journal, Sunday, April 16) has application in Maine. With 127,234 veterans, 94,604 of whom are wartime veterans (source: Department of Veterans Affairs) the necessity of addressing the spiritual wounds of American military who served in war-torn countries has long […]
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RSU 10 getting more state aid
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 learned last week that it will soon receive an additional $339,401 in general purpose aid from the state. Superintendent Craig King told the board at Monday’s meeting that a decision on how that money will be spent will likely be made at the Sept. 14 board meeting. In other […]