AUGUSTA – A Lewiston lawmaker is leading the charge to bring as many as 21 cabins for homeless veterans to the grounds of the Veterans Affairs Administration’s medical campus at Togus. State Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, is asking the Legislature to approve a $1 million appropriation to kick-start a Volunteers of America Cabin in the Woods […]
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Bill for commission to review Maine’s veteran services moves forward
AUGUSTA — Legislation that creates a new state commission to review the services Maine provides for its veterans vaulted a key hurdle Wednesday when lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee unanimously approved the measure. The measure, LD 721, sponsored by state Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, next faces votes before the full Legislature. […]
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Veterans get free tickets to Rise Above Fest, Sea Dog offers benefit brew
BANGOR — When the Sea Dog Brewing Co.’s doors open on May 1, there will be a new beer on tap brewed specifically to support the Rise Above Fest’s goal of suicide prevention. “Sea Dog brewery is creating a special release beer called Rise Above Red just for the cause,” Dan Reidenberg, executive director of […]
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D. Blais: A salute of respect
Recently, an amazing thing happened to me. I was driving down Farwell Street and as I approached Farwell School, a high-school-age young man wearing an ROTC uniform saluted me as I approached where he was standing and drove by him. He must have noticed the veteran’s license plate with a Vietnam service badge on my […]
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Legislation targets false claims of military service
AUGUSTA — People who falsely claim they’re military veterans for financial gain could be more easily prosecuted under a proposal passed by the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Wednesday. Stemming from a bill offered by state Rep. Brad Farrin, R-Norridgewock, a change to state law would make it clear that a person falsely […]
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Search for homeless goes on despite storm
LEWISTON — Despite a winter storm that buried the city in snow Tuesday, an annual hunt for the homeless in the city and across Maine got underway after sunset Wednesday. Gerry DeWitt, a volunteer and social worker with the Veterans Outreach Program, said the survey goes on regardless of the weather, as part of an […]
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Wilton CareerCenter lists February programs
WILTON — The Wilton CareerCenter will offer programs for job seekers in February. Gateway to Employment: 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Feb. 4 and 18. Vocational Rehabilitation Orientation: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. Registration is not required. Essentials of College Planning for Adults: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12. To register, […]
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From Afghanistan to Augusta, Jared Golden says desire to serve drives him
LEWISTON — When state Rep. Jared Golden thinks about Maine veterans, he does it from a personal perspective. Serving his first term in the Maine House, Golden, 32, is a Marine Corps veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s why he wanted to be on the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. It’s […]
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Adrian Cole: Maine Veterans Services needs to hit refresh on its leadership button
Maine’s director of the Bureau of Veterans Services, Peter Ogden, summed up the focus of his agency when he spoke to a group of legislators in Brunswick this past December: “I am kind of worried about who is going to take care of Peter 30 years from now.” While it is initially a sad statement, […]