Dan Perreault, center, is presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by the Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810 for his support to Central Maine’s Marines helping veterans programs. This is the third year Perreault, with the support from the community, has supported the Marines. Central Maine Detachment 810 supports Maine Veterans Home in South […]
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James V. Weston Jr.
PERU — James Vernon Weston Jr. was born Jan. 21, 1962, to James Vernon Weston Sr. and Janet Marie Scott at Rumford Community Hospital in Rumford. He passed at his home in Peru on Tuesday, June 26. He joined his wife in heaven, who passed July 6, 2017. At the age of 17, James enlisted in […]
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Golden has my vote
First and foremost, we need to elect a person for the 2nd U.S. Congressional District who will always vote in the best interest of all the people and not just for the corporations. We need someone who has the experience and knowledge to understand how laws impact veterans, senior citizens, low and middle-income families. We […]
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John Stephen Tucker
NORWAY — Captain John Stephen Tucker, 91, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 16, at the Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation after a brief illness. He was born on May 31, 1926, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to William Arthur and Alice Furneaux Tucker. With his sister Cynthia, the family relocated to Belmont, Mass. John attended […]
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Hospice gives hero's welcome home to vets in Salute Ceremony
LISBON — Beacon Hospice honored two special heroes on Feb. 6 at The Lamp Memory Care Center in Lisbon. Each veteran was presented with a certificate, an American flag pin, a military memory book, and a beautiful hand-made knitted American flag. As American veterans have done everything asked in the mission to serve the country, […]
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Marines collect Toys for Tots
Central Maine Detachment 810, Marine Corps League, gathered toys for Toys for Tots. The detachment was able to present more than 100 new toys to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, Brunswick. From left are Commandant Charlie Paul, Ben Nadeau, Mike Nadeau, Annette Nadeau and Marine Sergeant-at-Arms Cliff Plourde. The Marine Corps Reserve collects Toys […]
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One Marine's mission: To honor a hero at Bates College
Steven Arango never met Capt. George “Alexi” Whitney, but he still feels a connection to the late Bates College graduate. Having spent a semester at Bates, Arango understands the commitment required by Whitney to have graduated cum laude from Bates in 2000. But the greater connection is that both men served in the U.S. Marines […]
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James Holmes
AUBURN — James Bryan Holmes, 81, of Greene, formerly of Duxbury and Chelmsford, Mass., passed away Saturday, April 1, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s, at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn. James was born June 29, 1935, to Golden and Dorothy P. (Donald) Holmes in Oswego, N.Y. He was a graduate of Buckfield High […]
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Jack M. Marsh
1924 – 2015 SPARKS, Nev. — Jack Marsh, 91, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 14, while visiting his daughter in Sparks, Nev. He was born on March 1, 1924, in New Britain, Conn. While growing up, he spent his summers at Scout camps in Maine, He started his freshman year at Colby College in […]
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Patrick C. Vaillancourt
1948 – 2015 WALES — Patrick Cyril Vaillancourt passed away alongside his wife, Jeanine, in a motorcycle accident on Monday, Sept. 7. He was born on June 21, 1948, in Van Buren. Pat worked as an insulator at Bath Iron Works and retired in November 2014, after 38 years with the shipyard. He served in […]