AUGUSTA — A bill that creates a short-term task force of veterans to review and make recommendations for change to the state’s Bureau of Veterans Services is among a group of 65 bills in legal limbo as the Legislature and Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s lawyers prep to duke it out in the state’s highest court. […]
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Turner selectmen hear plea for cemetery assistance
TURNER — Representatives of several cemeteries in town attended Monday night’s selectmen meeting to ask for financial assistance. Raynard Gilbert and Jim Talbot said interest on cemetery trust funds has not provided enough income to cover expenses. Selectmen asked the cemetery trustees to form a committee and present a request at the next selectmen meeting. […]
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Lewiston facility gives homeless veterans a ‘hand up’
LEWISTON — Kristopher Boyle had served his country well in Iraq, spending four years in the U.S. Army. Three years later, the 29-year-old veteran had no job, no transportation and had seen his children one time for just a few minutes. He ended up homeless, became an addict and lost his will to live. “I […]
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Maine service members lost since 9/11 honored at State House
AUGUSTA — State Sen. Anne Haskell, D-Portland, never knew her dad. He was killed in 1944, near the end of World War II while serving with the U.S. Army in the Philippine Islands. Haskell joined a group of lawmakers and surviving family members of other Mainers who lost their lives serving their country since Sept. […]
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Fading away: How Maine’s veterans groups are being tested by time
BANGOR, Maine — Retired Navy veteran Ashley Wilson, who served two tours in Iraq, said joining the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3381 in Old Town gave her something every veteran needs — understanding. “Everyone has the same mindset,” she said over a beer inside the darkened post lounge. “You have that common ground […]
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Gov. LePage and First Lady to honor veterans over Memorial Day weekend
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage will pay tribute to Maine’s veterans by joining hundreds of volunteers to place American flags on the gravestones of veterans over Memorial Day weekend. Nearly 15,000 American flags will be placed in Maine Veterans’ Memorial cemeteries in Augusta, Caribou and Springvale beginning at 9 […]
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Aid workers struggle to find Maine homeless vets
AUGUSTA — Among the many barriers to providing services to needy military veterans — funding, transportation, reaching out to rural communities — the hardest to overcome might seem like the easiest: finding veterans in the first place. Troubling for a panel of experts who convened Tuesday in Augusta to discuss the problem is the fact […]
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Honor Flight returns home with some local heroes
PORTLAND — World War II veterans came back to Maine on Sunday morning exuberant, following a whirlwind Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. — all expenses paid — to see the nation’s monuments. On Friday, the day President Barack Obama celebrated VE Day and vintage aircraft flew overhead, these Maine warriors arrived — 25 in […]
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Bill to build cabins for Maine’s homeless vets gets strong support
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee has given unanimous support to a bill that would provide up to $1 million in state funds to help launch a project that would build up to 21 cabins for homeless veterans. The bill, LD 1062, sponsored by state Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, is meant to jump-start the Cabin in […]