FORT KENT — A former paratrooper who lost four limbs in Afghanistan is planning to skydive with a first lady afraid of heights. Gov. Paul LePage’s wife, Ann, and retired Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills are set to jump from a plane during Saturday’s Freedom Fest. The fundraising jumps will raise money for a veteran […]
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Maine’s first lady to skydive next month for veterans
AUGUSTA — First lady Ann LePage is working on her nerve. On Aug. 9, she plans to jump out of an airplane alongside a group of veterans, including Travis Mills, a quadruple amputee who was injured by a bomb in Afghanistan. “I’m going to do it,” LePage said Tuesday during a get-together to announce her […]
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Rumford American Legion to host luncheon for female veterans
RUMFORD — Napoleon-Ouellette American Legion Post 24 on upper Congress Street will host a Female Veterans Luncheon on Saturday, Nov. 16, to honor all women veterans. The schedule includes a morning of pampering — manicures, hair, Reiki and massage — from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., legion Commander Tricia Thurston said Thursday morning by email. […]