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Pride Month aids healing after Lewiston shootings
LEWISTON, Maine — The Great Falls Pride Week is well underway in Lewiston with more events than last year, according to organizers. The celebration comes less than eight months after the Lewiston shootings, which left 18 people dead and 13 more injured. "We felt like we owed it to...
Monmouth police chief on Lewiston scene: ‘lack of information was placing my staff at risk’
LEWISTON, Maine — New insights are emerging on the initial chaos and confusion in the immediate aftermath of the Lewiston mass shootings. 8 Investigates continues to sift through 3,000 pages of records released Friday by the Maine Department of Public Safety. These documents include written narratives from dozens of...
Sabattus police seek help identifying man in Family Dollar store
SABATTUS — The Sabattus Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man who was in the Family Dollar store on Saturday around 5 p.m. Authorities released a statement Monday urging anyone with information about the individual’s identity to come forward. The department has...
New public bus to Lewiston/Auburn moving forward
LEWISTON, Maine — The Maine Department of Transportation has picked the company that will run a pilot program to provide commuter bus service between Portland and Lewiston/Auburn. RTW Management, Inc., a transportation services provider based in Salt Lake City, has been awarded the $2.8 million contract. Service is expected...
Maine community holds vigil for a teen who died by suicide
AUBURN, Maine — The community of Auburn took over a baseball field Sunday to honor the life of Elliott Hill, a teenager who died by suicide last week. The Auburn Suburban Baseball Field was filled with friends, family, classmates, among the many who knew Hill. Hill’s family says he...
Lewiston voters reject school budget — again
Lewiston voters have again rejected a controversial school budget for a second time. Voters in Lewiston rejected the first proposal in May, saying it was too high. The school committee then trimmed more than $1 million from their spending plan, which failed to pass again on Tuesday. The newly approved...
Lewiston-Auburn water authority reveals new name after 50 years
LEWISTON, Maine — After 50 years in operation, the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority will now be called the Lewiston-Auburn Clean Water Authority (LACWA). General Manager Travis Peaslee says this re-branding work is an effort to connect with the public and give a better sense of the work that the water authority does.
Car engulfed in flames at Maine gas station
TURNER, Maine (WMTW) - Officials say there was a fire at the Irving gas station on Route 4, near the Auburn town line, Sunday. A viewer said this happened just after 10 p.m. Sunday. Turner fire officials say the fire was out when they arrived, though video does show fire...
Had enough of gun violence? Wear orange and join us June 9: Letters
Had enough of gun violence? Wear orange and join us June 9. Over the past decade, gun deaths increased by 38% in the US. In 2020, firearms became the number one cause of death for children and teens in the US, surpassing car accidents. Last year, Portsmouth schools were closed when a man threatened Portsmouth High School with an arsenal of weapons in his car. In October, our neighbors in Lewiston, Maine suffered a mass shooting when 18 people, who were out bowling on a Wednesday night, were killed by one person with weapons. Gun violence affects us all.
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