Coffee and conversation for veterans The next veterans’ coffee session will be at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. Westbrook’s Veteran’s Service Officer Arty Ledoux will update veterans on various issues affecting them. Partners for World Health to speak at Woman’s Club Elizabeth McLellan, founder and chief executive office […]
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Gorham officer lays a wreath for clerk’s grandfather at Arlington
Sgt. David Bruni pays tribute to the Gorham deputy town clerk’s grandfather during his Wreaths Across America experience at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Veteran companionship group sees need in Midcoast
Vet to Vet Maine, which pairs former service members with peer companions, is hoping to find more volunteers in the Midcoast.
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Westbrook Notes: Dec. 29
Tasty Christmas spirit Alejandra Gilfillan and family delivered a “delicious meal” for Westbrook police officers on duty Christmas Eve, a WPD Facebook posting said. “Evening shift officers wanted to thank the Gilfillan family for making our Christmas Eve that much better.” The delivery even included a homemade treat and toys for K9 Tony. Fire prevention […]
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Westbrook Notes: Dec. 22
Breakfast for unhoused A free breakfast for unhoused people has been rescheduled for 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24, at First Baptist Church in Westbrook, 733 Main St. The church is hosting the meal and wants to hear from participants what they’d like to see for a shelter. The breakfast had been scheduled for Dec. […]
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Buxton Notes: Dec. 22
Remembering the fallen A good turnout bundled up for the Dec. 17 Wreaths Across America ceremony at South Buxton Cemetery amid the chill and mix of snow and drizzle. The hour-long observance with patriotic music was hosted by the cemetery association. Before the ceremony, volunteers placed 440 wreaths on gravestones of veterans. Featured speaker […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.