This week in 1776, Edmund Phinney’s regiment was on a march to Fort Ticonderoga from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Maine veterans
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Bridgton farm hosts veterans cross-country ski event
A Loon Echo Land Trust event at Five Fields Farm was praised by participants as a way of building community in a state with few military bases.
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Westbrook Notes: Locker Project provides fresh food
The Locker Project will provide free, fresh food for anyone between 11 a.m. and noon on Thursday, Dec. 18, at Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St. The next distribution of food will be on Thursday, Jan. 15. Toy and winter clothing drive Profenno’s Pizzeria & Pub, at 934 Main St., is participating in a toy […]
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Buxton will host Wreaths Across America ceremony
The event is scheduled for Dec. 13 at South Buxton Cemetery.
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Cold doesn’t halt Westbrook Veterans Day ceremony
The city honored its veterans in an outdoor ceremony.
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A new scam is targeting Maine veterans — by postcard
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services says the scam attempts to persuade veterans to enroll in a false savings program, soliciting personal and financial information in the process.
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Plane pull fundraiser to support veterans
The Travis Mills Foundation helps veterans and their families.
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75 years later, fallen Milbridge soldier finally comes home to Maine
Cpl. Oscar Sprague was reported missing in action while fighting in Korea in 1950, and his surviving family members spent decades unsure what exactly happened to him. The recent identification of his remains, and a remarkably joyous funeral this week, are helping them to find closure at last.
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Leroy J. Bailey, veteran gravely wounded in Vietnam, laid to rest back home in Maine
The Rockland native lost his face to a mortar blast and underwent hundreds of reconstructive surgeries throughout his life, but remained kind, generous and faithful.
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One of the last places for veterans in Portland is for sale. Regulars say leaving would be painful.
AmVets Post 25 has been in the same Washington Avenue building since 1953, but now it’s on the market. Veterans say letting go of the place will be tough, even if the post opens in a new spot.