Category: Maine
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Veterans’ Services Recognized
Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services Receives National Recognition for Homeless Veterans Advocacy On Tuesday, February 26, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) received the 2019 Abraham Lincoln Pillar of Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its work to end Veteran homelessness. This is the Bureau’s second consecutive Pillar of…
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Maine’s Melting Pot
With an eclectic mix of arts, culture, and cuisine, Maine’s largest metro area easily combines the people and places that comprise this exciting seaport city. – Robert Witkowski As the largest urban area in the state, Greater Portland always seems to surprise visitors. Many are happily shocked entering this charming, small city after anticipating a…
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Animal Welfare in Maine and Beyond
As previously promised, this month I will share some additional observations and thoughts about a recurrent issue in equine welfare, “rescuing the rescue.” Regardless of intentions, not all interventions for horses in need of human assistance have positive outcomes for the animals. On occasion, animals who are being abused or neglected, experience a well-meaning intervention,…
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The Last Mile
One of my last assignments in the military was helping to get resources to our troops in the field. We found that it was easy to bring a full suite of digital tools to operational commands located on established forward operating bases but we struggled to bring these same tools to tactical units out in…
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Sign Of The Times
In case you hadn’t noticed yet—maybe you haven’t driven back from a Celtics or Bruins game, or haven’t returned from the warmer climates to our south, but Maine is no longer “Open for Business.” Oh, don’t be too upset, after all we are running at almost-zero unemployment and things are rolling pretty smoothly, economically speaking…and…
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When Right Compromises…
So much is being made about the political divisions in our nation. It appears everyone has an opinion about why we are so divided, and that partisan politics is driving the division. I disagree. While there is no question, we face some significant political division in our nation, politics is just a convenient foil in…
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