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Maine veterans

Published
December 22, 2022

Buxton Notes: Dec. 22
Published
December 14, 2022

Wreath ceremonies to remember veterans in Buxton, Westbrook cemeteries

South Buxton Cemetery and Westbrook's Woodlawn Cemetery will participate in the Wreaths Across America honor for veterans on Saturday, Dec. 17.
Published
December 6, 2022

Full military burial honors for Westbrook’s Blanche Kelley

A burial service was held Monday for the decorated veteran who was a chauffeur at the Pentagon in the 1950s.
Published
November 13, 2022

Brunswick Veterans Day event honors those who served, while highlighting struggles

Sen. Angus King and local military veterans honored members of the armed services in Brunswick Friday morning during an event that also highlighted the group's high rates of mental illness.
Published
November 11, 2022

On a submarine, he learned to listen to – and get along with – people very different than himself

Jacob Rideout, now a firefighter in Scarborough, says he often draws on the skills he learned in the U.S. Navy and applies them in civilian life.

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Published
November 11, 2022

`We had a mission to do, we did the mission, and we came home’

An oral history will preserve the memories of 9 Maine veterans for posterity.
Published
October 20, 2022

Amateur genealogists memorialize World War II soldiers

Maine volunteers have joined a national effort to research and write obituaries for the more than 400,000 Americans who died in World War II.
Published
July 27, 2022

Scarborough veteran’s wife earns VA certification as caregiver

Sally Nason of Scarborough is the first member of Vet to Vet Maine to receive the certification, which compensates her for some of her time.
Published
March 28, 2022

Litchfield’s oldest resident, who fought in World War II, plans a 100-yard-dash for his 100th birthday

Eugene Thompson, 99, was recently awarded the town's Boston Post Cane and in less than a year, plans to celebrate his 100th birthday by running a 100-yard-dash.
Published
March 7, 2022

Partnership will provide free dental care to veterans in Maine

The Maine Bureau of Veterans' Service said it's working with 22 clinics to provide the service.