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New Facility Proposed for Maine Veterans' Homes in Augusta

Maine Veterans' Homes facility on Cony Rd. in Augusta
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Maine Veterans Homes wants to build a new, 138 bed nursing facility in Augusta, across the road from MaineGeneral Medical Center. The existing facility would be replaced with what are described as “small house style” units. Marketing Director Devin Robinson says the “small home” model is the newest, most current nursing home style in the country. That’s in contrast to the current facility which was built using a hospital format with long hallways and large units.

“It will be a separate community that will have 10 or 12 single rooms with a common area, a common kitchen, common laundry facilities, tv room, guest rooms; all of those things right in their community,” says Robinson.

He says the current facility on Cony Road is reaching the end of its useful life.

He says the Department of Veterans Affairs has signed off on plans for the new facility which faces an Augusta planning board review next month.

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.
Nora is originally from the Boston area but has lived in Chicago, Michigan, New York City and at the northern tip of New York state. Nora began working in public radio at Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor and has been an on-air host, a reporter, a digital editor, a producer, and, when they let her, played records.