Crisis responders, including K9 Niko Suave, were available for community members Saturday at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Lewistor. The cooperative of organizations, crisis responders and Niko will be available Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Police were alerted last month about Lewiston shooter’s threats, but ‘we couldn’t locate him’
After stepped-up patrols of the U.S. Army Reserve base where Robert Card trained and a visit to his Bowdoin home – neither of which turned up any sign of him – they moved on.
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Bates students emerge from lockdown seeking ways to help
Bates College sophomores Ella Nichol and Emma Erkkila signed up to donate blood in the wake of the Lewiston shootings, and said they considered donating blood a way to give back to their community because, as they put it, “Lewiston is home.” Neither Nichol nor Erkkila has donated blood before, but said their entire group […]
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Healing in hope: Local clergy turn to their faith to help lead grieving community out of darkness
In the wake of 18 murders, faith leaders have opened their churches and hearts to victims, families, communities making their way through immense tragedy.
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Androscoggin County schools receive funding for outdoor learning programs
In its third and most expansive year yet, the Mini-Grants for Outdoor Learning Program has helped more than 30,000 students from schools in every county in Maine get outside the classroom and into the natural world. The Maine Environmental Education Association distributed mini-grants to teachers for up to $1,500 each to spend on items like […]
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Survivors deal with sadness, recovery, questions: ‘It’s overwhelming. We lost so many special people.’
Four survivors and their families tell their stories. ‘It’s mixed emotions everywhere. I don’t even know what to think or what to say or what to feel.’
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‘We could just hear sirens’: Bates students mourn with their neighbors
A night of panic turned into 2 days of uncertainty as students sheltered in place on campus.
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State rescinds shelter-in-place orders for Lewiston-Auburn, other towns
Maine’s top safety official urges public vigilance as manhunt for suspected killer continues.
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Bath Iron Works shipbuilder among Lewiston shooting victims
Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40, of Bath, was a new father and recently completed an apprenticeship program at Bath Iron Works.