After the funeral, family and friends met at Legends Pool Hall in Lewiston for a celebration of life for Strout, a passionate billiards player who was practicing the night he was killed.
Grace Benninghoff
Staff Writer
Grace covers city hall and Greater Portland for the Press Herald. She previously covered reproductive health for Texas Monthly and served as the local host of All Things Considered at Vermont Public. Before moving to Maine, Grace attended Columbia Journalism School in New York City and spent many years in Colorado and Oregon working in the non-profit sector. When she isn't reporting you can find her trail-running with her dog Loma, practicing her Spanish, surfing, or making pottery.
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Bob and Lucy Violette: ‘Lovestruck right from the get-go’
The victims at Just-in-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille had rich lives worth remembering apart from that terrible night.
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Arthur Strout: ‘ We built a life’
The victims at Just-in-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille had rich lives worth remembering apart from that terrible night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Biden’s words, empathy touch family of Lewiston shooting victim
One Lewiston family invited a reporter to be with them as President Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered support.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
One shooting victim at CMMC remains in critical condition
Three people who were critically injured in the shootings last week are being cared for at Central Maine Medical Center. As of Thursday, only one patient remained in critical condition.
Posted inMaine
State, city clear dozens of homeless camps along Portland’s Marginal Way
More than 120 tents were in the area on Wednesday morning before crews and outreach workers started clearing the encampments. Many say they’ll relocate to an encampment under the Casco Bay Bridge.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland to clear homeless camps along Marginal Way, Somerset Street on Nov. 1
The tents will be removed on the same day the state plans to take down a larger encampment at the Marginal Way park-and-ride lot.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Portland City Council passes hotel fee proposal at meeting disrupted by hate speech
Zoom commenters attacking people of color temporarily derailed Monday’s meeting, prompting an executive session before the council passed a plan to fund a tourism marketing campaign.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland promised to store personal items from encampment sweeps. But nothing is in storage.
The city said the few valuable items found during the sweeps were given to police because they were suspected of being stolen.
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Protesters gather at City Hall to protest encampment sweeps
Organizers say they want the City Council to pass an ordinance that will stop further encampment sweeps until longer-term solutions to the housing crisis are in place.