PARIS — The Maine Veterans’ Home announces that Roy Lurvey is Veteran of the Month for January. Lurvey lived with his parents, Ida and Merle, and a younger sister, Beverly, at the family home in Locke Mills village in Greenwood. When he was 7, he started taking clarinet lessons and later performed on local radio station […]
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Veterans home holds mitten drive for students
The staff at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris as part of their Community Involvement Committee recently took up a collection of mittens for the school children at the Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris. The school has expressed an ongoing need for mittens (as well as other warm clothing like hats and […]
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Veterans' Home announces October Veteran of the Month
PARIS — Harry Buswell is the October Veteran of the Month at the Maine Veterans’ Home on High Street. He was born in Lewiston and lived in Norway with his parents, one brother and three sisters before moving to Bethel where he graduated from Telstar High School. One of Buswell’s special memories is going on […]
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Museum L-A thanks veterans with handwritten note cards
LEWISTON — Museum L-A staff delivered thank-you cards to two veterans’ homes during the holidays in recognition of their service to the country. Visitors age 5 and older wrote personal thank-yous on the note cards throughout the recent exhibit, “The Work of War: Honoring Our Veterans and the Ones They Left Behind.” The exhibition had […]
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Bernard A. McInnis
SOUTH PARIS — Bernard A. McInnis, 88, died on Monday, Oct. 23, at the Maine Veterans Homes in South Paris. He was born on May 11, 1929, in Mexico, of Frederick and Margaret (Cameron) McInnis. Bernard graduated from Mexico High School in 1949, joined the U.S Air Force and served during the Korean Conflict. He was […]
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Alfred J. Richard
1921 – 2017 SOUTH PARIS — Alfred J. “Al” Richard, 95, formerly of Mexico, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris. He was born Nov. 11, 1921, one of 10 children to Wilfred and Ida (LeMay) Richard in Newry. Al proudly served his country during World War II in […]
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Manning is Veteran of the Month
PARIS — Robert “Bob” Lee Manning has been named the Veteran of the Month at Maine Veterans’ Homes in South Paris. Manning was born in Bangor on Aug. 20, 1925, and grew up in Millinocket, graduating from George W. Stearns High School, also in Millinocket. After the service, he used the GI Bill to further […]
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Cops and coffee in Paris Thursday
PARIS — Members of the Paris Police Department enjoyed coffee and doughnuts with residents of the Maine Veterans’ Home Thursday, part of the national Coffee with a Cop effort.Interim Police Chief Jeffrey Lange said he was pleased with the turnout, with about 30 veterans visiting with Paris police throughout the morning. According to Officer Raymond […]
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Maine Veterans’ Home celebrates 20 years
PARIS — World War II Army veteran Frank Flanders spends his days and nights in the care and comfort of the Maine Veterans’ Home, which celebrated 20 years of operation Wednesday with some pomp and circumstance. “It couldn’t be any better; they give me good care,” the 94-year-old former Norway resident said at the ceremony. […]
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Gosselin joins Maine Veterans’ Homes
AUGUSTA — Maine Veterans’ Home is pleased to introduce Donna L. Gosselin, RN-BC, BSN, as the organization’s new Director of Corporate Compliance and Quality. The position oversees the compliance and quality programs at six homes located across Maine, composed of 462 skilled nursing and rehabilitation beds and a 178 residential care dementia beds. Gosselin of […]