Festival organizers agree ‘show should go on,’ but will leave it to City Hall to make it happen.
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Portrait of Bernard Lown to be unveiled June 7 in Lewiston
The painting of the inventor of the defibrillator and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree is part of Brooksville artist Robert Shetterly’s ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ series.
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Balloon festival organizers say ‘gap’ to pull off 2024 event is considerable
As organizers of the Great Falls Balloon Festival consider a proposal from the city to partner on this year’s event, board members and officials discussed the costs and obstacles associated with putting on the annual festival.
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In Lewiston, state commission hears testimony on police response to 2023 mass shooting
State police chief said there is ‘always room for improvement,’ but he is proud of what police did during the Oct. 25 incident that killed 18 people.
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Lewiston woman charged with murder in death of Litchfield man
The body of Gerald Marin, 90, was discovered in his Litchfield home on May 18.
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Commission questions state police about delay in searching lot where Lewiston gunman was found
Police, meanwhile, brought up their concerns about leaked information and officers self-deploying during the two-day manhunt for Robert Card.
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The next generation of Roopers redemption is well underway
The beverage retailer and wholesaler started as a small redemption station on Sabattus Street and has grown into one of the largest in the state.
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Sex trafficked at 14, Sonia Bermonty of Lewiston tells her story in hopes of helping others
Bermonty and her husband use their free time to help homeless people, and she calls on her ‘horrific’ experience on the streets of New York to address sex trafficking here in Maine.
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‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
Members of Robert Card’s family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
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Lewiston shooter’s family testifies before commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
Several members of Robert Card’s family, including his sister and ex-wife, spoke Thursday about how they tried to get him help for months before he killed 18 people in October.