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Published
September 10, 2024

Sen. King honored by Wounded Warrior Project for work on veterans’ issues

The two-term senator from Maine is a member of both the Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs committees.
Published
September 9, 2024

Inaugural 5K supports housing for first responders, veterans

The fundraiser for the Tunnels to Towers Foundation drew 300 runners to Payson Park.
Published
July 26, 2024

Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application

Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a sharply critical review of the club drug MDMA has put the therapy's approval in doubt.
Published
July 23, 2024

Jon Stewart pushes VA to help veterans sickened after post-9/11 exposure to uranium

'Imagine you’re stationed inside the meth lab on ‘Breaking Bad,’' Stewart said in an interview with the AP. 'These guys were exposed to a toxic soup of basically an exploded chemicals and nuclear weapon facility.'
Published
June 24, 2024

Realtors’ golf tourney in Cumberland benefits Travis Mills Foundation

This is the third year Julie and Bryce Davis have organized the event to send veterans and their families on a retreat.

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Published
June 2, 2024

A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

The ever-dwindling number of veterans in their late nineties and older who are coming back to remember fallen friends and their history-changing exploits are the last.
Published
January 28, 2024

World War II veteran from Winslow celebrates 102nd birthday

Lionel Duquette is believed to be one of the oldest veterans in Maine and among the less than 1% of World War II veterans still living.
Published
December 13, 2023

Wreaths Across America ceremony to honor veterans Saturday at Buxton cemetery

The annual event is held in conjunction with ceremonies at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. A Westbrook ceremony is also planned.
Published
November 15, 2023

Westbrook receives federal award for hiring veterans

The city has received a 2023 Hire Vets Medallion Award from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Published
November 9, 2023

Read our 2023 Veterans Day salute to Mainers who served