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PublishedJanuary 28, 2025
Basketball teams raise more than $9,000 for youth impacted by suicide
Boys and girls basketball teams from Spruce Mountain and Leavitt Area high schools used their games Monday, Jan. 20, to raise funds for The Kita Center, which hosts summer camps for children who have lost a loved on to suicide.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2025
Spruce Mountain, Leavitt basketball teams raise over $9K for children impacted by suicide
More than $7,000 was raised during games Monday night with additional donations coming in this week, bringing the total to more than $9,000.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2025
Plowing contract approved for Spruce Mountain facilities
Jean Castonguay Logging and Excavation of Livermore Falls was the only company to submit a bid.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2024
Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend
The trend since 2011 has been an increase in suicides among active-duty service members.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2024
MaineHealth Franklin Hospital plants yellow tulips for youth suicide prevention awareness
MaineHealth employees planted yellow tulips as part of a project to raise awareness for youth suicide prevention.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2024
A Maine man helped get the Defense Department to release detailed suicide data. He’s not satisfied.
Chris McGhee, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran-turned lawyer now living in Scarborough, said the report mandated as part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act does not do what the law says it was supposed to do.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2024
Jon Bon Jovi helps talk ‘distraught’ woman off ledge of Nashville bridge
The rock star helped the woman, who was standing on the ledge of the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, climb back to safety, according to a police video.
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PublishedJune 22, 2024
At Waterville conference, suicide attempt survivor Kevin Hines urges people to care for others
Kevin Hines, who spoke Saturday at the Rotary District 7790 Conference in Waterville, survived a suicide attempt off of the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000 and now is a motivational speaker, author and filmmaker spreading awareness about suicide prevention.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2024
A promising tennis star lost a painful mental health battle. Her parents want her story told.
For a tennis standout with a promising future, the pandemic did more than strip Grace Campanella of her last high school season and her momentum. Her darkest hour came last month in Wells.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
To prevent gun suicide, states consider allowing people to deny themselves a gun
In all but nine states, most gun deaths are self-inflicted. The highest proportion is in Maine, where 89% of gun deaths are suicides.
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