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Maine governor will allow one final gun safety bill, veto another in wake of Lewiston mass shootings
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Monday she will allow one of a final pair of gun safety bills — a waiting period for gun purchases — to become law without her signature in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting. The governor...
Lewiston Ramada Inn condemnation order lifted after more than a week
LEWISTON, Maine (WMTW) - City officials in Lewiston say the condemnation order for the Ramada Inn was lifted on Monday. The order went into effect April 18, after the city’s Department of Planning and Code Enforcement say the owners missed a deadline to make some necessary repairs that constituted code violations.
Two severely injured after motorcycle collides with cars on Turner Road in Auburn
AUBURN (WGME) - Two people have sustained serious injuries after their motorcycle collided with a car in Auburn on Saturday. The Auburn Police Department says they were called to the area of 2382 Turner Road at 1:15 p.m. for a report of a multi vehicle crash. Investigation showed that a...
Maine school districts struggle with rising costs of special education
LEWISTON (WGME) -- The price of getting special education students what they need keeps going up. It's costing some districts hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more. Superintendents say they're seeing more students who require special education. That, along with what happens when schools have to get them additional...
New visitation facility opening in Lewiston this week
LEWISTON, Maine — A new facility is opening Wednesday in Lewiston. It will offer monitored family visitation for families in Maine with children in state custody. The latest data shows there are more than 2,500 Maine children in DHHS custody, according to the state's child welfare dashboard. While in state custody, visitation appointments are one of the only ways for kids to maintain relationships with their parents and other family members.
Lewiston, Maine Reimagines its 19th-century Mill District as a Destination
In March, the federal government approved a set of appropriation bills with $426 million in infrastructure funding for the state of Maine, including $5 million for a pair of unique riverfront revitalization projects in the city of Lewiston. The funding includes $3.9 million for a pilot project to reimagine the city’s historic canal system as a community asset with adjacent park amenities, as well as $1.1 million to reconstruct Beech Street to improve access to the city’s waterfront park, Simard-Payne Park, and to an adjacent future museum.
Multiple Maine Game Wardens honored for heroic actions the night of the Lewiston shootings
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife held its annual awards ceremony on Friday. The awards included honoring several Wardens for heroic efforts on the night of the Lewiston shootings. Josh Smith, who works out of Gray, was named the 2023 Maine Game Warden of...
Lewiston Bowling Alley to reopen 6 months after mass shooting
This Friday, the owners ofJust-In-Time Recreation will reopen its doors six months after one of the worst mass shootings in Maine history. Maine Public’s Susan Sharon reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
Opinion: Janet Mills’ triumphs and tragedies on gun safety
In perhaps the greatest test of her tenure—the massacre in Lewiston that left 31 shot, including 18 dead—Governor Janet Mills deserves praise for proposing one of the most ambitious gun safety laws Maine has ever passed. Background checks on all advertised sales of guns, with increased penalties for those who sell to someone who isn’t allowed to possess a firearm, will save innumerable lives in Maine and in surrounding states.
Three displaced after Oxford home catches fire
OXFORD (WGME) - Three people have been displaced after a fire damaged their home in Oxford. Just after 5 o'clock, crews responded to the house on Paine Road near South Town Farm Road. The three people and four dogs living there all made it out safely. Oxford officials are still...
‘Love Lewiston Community Paint Day’ mural brightens up downtown
LEWISTON, Maine (WABI) - In downtown Lewiston, locals can find art just about anywhere. On April 22, a new piece of work shows how Lewiston and the entire state of Maine has bloomed, even through the hard times. Mainers are still healing from the tragic October 25 mass shooting in...
Fellow reservist warned of mass shooting before gunman’s attack in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist and friend of the gunman behind Maine’s deadliest mass shooting testified Thursday about his friend’s mental decline, describing publicly for the first time the warning he issued a month before the tragedy unfolded. Sean Hodgson texted leaders of his reserve...
Maine's Julia Gagnon advances to top 8 on 'American Idol'
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Julia Gagnon's magical run on "American Idol" will continue after the singer advanced into the top 8 on Sunday night. Gagnon, who is from Cumberland sang "Here I Am" by Bryan Adams. Roughly 200 of Gagnon's closest supporters watched and cheered her on at a...
Poland Springs and others switching to aluminum bottles
STATEWIDE -- The water many of us drink is going to look a little different. Bluetriton which owns Poland Spring, Deer Park, Ice Mountain, Arrowhead, and Pure Life is going to be putting its water in aluminum bottles. It's also going to be donating 1 percent of aluminum bottle sales...
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