The Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault estimates Maine services will lose $5.8 million in federal funding this year. The funds cover emergency hotlines and shelter programs for victims of sexual violence.
Oct 25 killings
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Business owners thought they would never reopen after Maine’s deadliest shooting. Then support grew.
Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille owners spoke about their businesses, the Oct. 25 shooting, and how their thinking shifted after support began to build.
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
During the hunt for Robert Card, police were also balancing hundreds of routine calls for help
Dispatch logs show local and county police were dispatched to nearly 600 calls during the two-day lockdown.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Each one of more than 1,000 police calls for help was treated as a potential Card sighting
The high level of response came at a cost to area police departments. In Auburn, police Chief Jason Moen said the department spent $22,000 for about 300 hours of overtime pay.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston massacre spurs creation of an anthology of Maine stories
New book’s proceeds will help fund a gun control charity.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers split on party lines over bill to allow lawsuits against gunmakers, sellers
The bill is the first piece of gun safety legislation to receive a committee vote since the Oct. 25 shootings in Lewiston that killed 18 people and wounded 13.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
There may be a mass shooting memorial in Lewiston’s future
Across America, cities and towns have erected memorials after mass shootings to provide a place to mourn and perhaps heal.
Posted inLocal & State
Lewiston shooting commission to hear public testimony from police, victims
The independent commission convened by Gov. Mills has scheduled 4 meetings through early March and is inviting Army personnel who served with shooter Robert Card to speak.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston bowling alley preparing to reopen after mass shooting
A social media post says ‘We look forward to seeing everyone soon.’
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
In first interview, friend who warned of Lewiston shooter says ‘I literally spelled it out’
For 17 years, Sean Hodgson was best friends with the man who would commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.