AUGUSTA — Fifteen disabled Maine veterans experienced a once-in-a-lifetime controlled moose hunt this year as participants in the annual Maine Disabled Veterans Controlled Moose Hunt, held in Aroostook County in August and September. Since 2010, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) has partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (IF&W) and Smoldering […]
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Robert D. 'Opa' Wilson
RUMFORD — Robert D. “Opa” Wilson, 84, passed away Sunday, May 27, at the Rumford Hospital. He was born in Cape Elizabeth on Oct. 16, 1933, a son of Grace Evelyn Foss and Richard Russell Wilson. Robert was a retired Army veteran, serving 23 years. He received his bachelor’s degree from Westbrook College. He was also […]
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Veterans helping veterans seeking new members
AUGUSTA — Back In The Maine Stream, a nonprofit organization of disabled veterans helping other disabled Maine veterans, is seeking new members. The organization’s purpose is to increase quality of life and heal physical and emotional trauma through recreational fishing. Honorably discharged Maine veterans with a disability of 10 percent or more are eligible to […]
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Bill from Shaheen, Collins, would help disabled veterans
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bill reintroduced by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen from New Hampshire and Susan Collins from Maine would expand access to national parks for disabled veterans. The bill would give all veterans with a service-connected disability free, lifetime national parks passes for hunting, fishing and recreation. The bill would amend the 2004 […]