veteran
Honor Flight brings veterans to see their national memorials
Earl Morse wants every able World War II veteran in Maine to be able to see their Washington memorial, to touch its stone pillars and arches and feel the gratitude of the country. “That is priceless,” Morse, a retired Air Force captain, said. “That is irreplaceable.” He knows. For about nine years, the physician assistant […]
Small volunteer army gathered to decorate thousands of veterans’ graves with flags
AUGUSTA — Mauno Kankainen, 89, and David Holmes, 84, both of Kingfield, carefully picked their way through the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery Saturday morning, bearing an armload of small American flags to decorate the graves of the service members buried there. They also brought the kind of can-do attitude that no doubt came in handy […]
Maine World War II veteran gets overdue medals
AUGUSTA (AP) — A World War II veteran from Maine has been presented with several service medals for what U.S. Sen. Angus King calls his lifesaving act of heroism. King presented Navy Capt. Lester Slate of Exeter with the Distinguished Flying Cross and other medals Saturday. King says Slate put his own life on the […]
Veterans gather for adaptive sports at Pineland Farms
NEW GLOUCESTER — Brandon Hammonds flew in from Charlotte, N.C., just so he could strap on cross-country skis and try his hand at biathlon. He liked the experience so much that he’s talking about coming back next year. Hammonds, a Marine who was wounded during combat duty in Iraq, was one of 13 veterans and […]
South China man admits to collecting dead mom’s benefits
BANGOR (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a South China man has pleaded guilty to continuing to collect his mother’s veterans’ benefits for four years after she died. Neil Pelkey pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Bangor to stealing more than $53,000 worth of death and indemnity compensation benefits from the U.S. Department […]
‘I’m taking your family heads or tails’: Police release details in multi-state domestic violence case
A mother fled Tampico, Ill., with her 2-year-old daughter to escape a very abusive relationship at the hands of an Iraq War veteran with a serious addiction to methamphetamines. The woman came to the Knox County area to stay with a relative but, according to police, William McBroom-Stees was able to track them down and […]
Maine veteran honored at White House ceremony
SANFORD — Adam Cote of Sanford, a 15-year veteran of the U.S. Army and CEO of Thermal Energy Storage of Maine, was honored at the White House Tuesday as one of 12 Veterans Advancing Clean Energy and Climate Security. Cote, who is currently deployed as a company commander in Afghanistan with the Maine Army National […]
Remains of Korean War soldier finally returned home, laid to rest
BAR HARBOR — The sharp crack of gunfire echoed Saturday at Ledgelawn Cemetery as a military honor guard helped to finally put a long-missing Korean War serviceman to rest. “It has been a long time coming, 62 years,” The Rev. Scott Mower said at the graveside service for Army Cpl. Robert Tait. “The death of […]
Togus Regional Office to host workshop on ‘fully developed claims’
AUGUSTA — The Department of Veterans Affairs invites all those who assist, serve, treat or otherwise interact with veterans and their families on a regular basis to participate in a special workshop on the Fully Developed Claims Program, hosted by the Togus VA Regional Office. The program will take place from 9 a.m. to noon […]