Ours is a nation in despair. U.S. suicide rates have surged to a 30-year high, and it’s not just among struggling middle-aged whites. Suicides by girls age 10 to 14 have spiked over the last 18 years. And there’s been a shocking surge in children 17 or under dying from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Since 1999, […]
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Lewiston school district discusses dealing with student tragedies
LEWISTON — The school year that ended Wednesday for middle-schoolers was a tough one, with two students dying in the past six months. During a sparsely attended community forum to discuss the district’s response to tragedy Wednesday night, Lewiston Middle School Principal Jake Langlais talked about how staff responded to the deaths, and why the […]
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Lewiston superintendent speaks out on recent student suicide
LEWISTON — School Superintendent Bill Webster expressed to the School Committee on Monday his sadness for the recent death of a middle school student. “As has been reported, Anie (Graham) left the school with her parents, identified at risk. They went to her medical provider, then after that went to the hospital, and with that […]
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Lewiston schools plan public forum on social media
LEWISTON — In the aftermath of a teen suicide last week, school officials are trying to deduce what they could have done differently — and what they can do differently in the future. The Lewiston School Department on Friday announced a public forum scheduled for June 12 at the high school. The title of the […]
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‘Be kind to others, even when it’s hard’
Hello. My name is Sarah and I am a freshman at Lewiston High School. Let me tell you a little bit about my feelings about the topic of suicide. I feel very heavily connected with this subject because one of my close friends attempted to take their own life a few years ago. Thankfully, they […]
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Our children are begging for help
The grief and sadness at the Green Ladle Thursday night was palpable. There was also blame, disbelief and words of caution. There were expressions of remorse and calls to action. There were voices of love and remembrance, hugs and tears. Towering above it all was fear. The kind that clutches at your throat. Tightens your […]
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Bill Webster denies adults were made aware of bullying at Lewiston Middle School
LEWISTON — School Superintendent Bill Webster released a statement at noon Thursday saying he was not aware of any adult, inside or outside the school, who was made aware that the Lewiston Middle School student who died Tuesday was bullied. According to Webster’s statement, two of her classmates approached him directly “to say that she […]
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Johnston: Where did facts and fairness go?
Tom Johnston was a character. He was an award-winning meteorologist whose antics endeared him to viewers. He was also a hothead whose temper got him into trouble with his former station in Florida, and earned him a minor record in 2010 for criminal mischief and trespassing. He was a father. A brother. A son. And, […]
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Coping after suicide to be explored at Lifetree Café
LEWISTON — How to heal in the wake of a loved one’s suicide will be discussed at Lifetree Café at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at 1919 Lisbon Road. The program, titled “Living After a Suicide: Finding Hope After Loved Ones Take Their Own Lives,” explores the difficult aftermath that friends and family experience after a suicide. […]
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No probe in wife’s ’93 death after last month’s Hebron murder-suicide
AUGUSTA (AP) — State police won’t reopen an investigation into the 1993 death of the wife of a former minister, who authorities say killed his daughter in a murder-suicide in Maine last month. Investigators say Daniel Randall on Dec. 8 drove to his estranged family’s the home in Hebron, Maine, and killed his daughter, 27-year-old […]