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The Maine Service Employees Association (formerly Maine State Employees Association) is a public sector trade union in the U.S. state of Maine. It has been part of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 1989) since 1988, though it formed earlier. [1] Its newspaper is called the Maine Stater. [2]
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the health department of Maine headquartered in Augusta, Maine, that provides public assistance, child and family welfare services, and oversees health policy and management. [1] It is the largest executive branch department in Maine, employing over 3,000 people. [1]
Togus VA Medical Center is a facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in Chelsea, Maine.The facility was built as a resort hotel, and housed Union veterans of the American Civil War prior to being converted to a veterans hospital.
The Battleship Maine Monument is a memorial marker in Davenport Park, Bangor, Maine. It commemorates veterans of the Spanish–American War , and the loss of the USS Maine due to an explosion of unknown cause, which sparked the start of the war.
As of 2013 VSS's portfolio of equity and capital funds have been invested in 74 companies, resulting in over 300 add-ons and acquisitions transactions. Current and former platform company investments for VSS include Infobase Publishing, Kansas Broadcasting System, ITE Group, Granada Learning, CSC Media Group, Cambium Learning Group, and Yellow Book USA.
USS Maine (ACR-1), was a battleship whose 1898 sinking precipitated the Spanish–American War. USS Maine (BB-10) , launched in 1901, was the lead ship of her class of battleships . She participated in the voyage of the Great White Fleet , and was decommissioned in 1920 to be sold for scrap in 1923.
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The Maine 's main mast was brought to the United States by the USS Leonidas in March 1912. [193] [218] [219] The Maine 's foremast was also located, and the USS Sterling carried it to the U.S. Naval Academy in August. [220] Four preliminary designs for the Maine Mast Memorial which were rejected by the Commission of Fine Arts