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Nearly $2M given to organizations helping with Lewiston mass shooting recovery efforts
The Maine Community Foundation said on Monday that it has distributed almost $2 million to more than two dozen nonprofits that are supporting the Lewiston mass shooting recovery efforts. The foundation says it's Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund Broad Recovery and Organizations Fund received just over $1.9 million. The money was...
Two Belfast people facing endangerment, animal cruelty charges
BELFAST, Maine — Two people from Belfast are facing several charges including endangerment and animal cruelty. Belfast police on April 10 responded with Maine Adult Protective Services to a home on Belmont Avenue to conduct a welfare check on a senior adult living there, the police department said Friday in a release.
Maine lawmakers pass gun bills in wake of October mass shooting
(Reuters) - Maine lawmakers on Thursday sent a draft of gun safety measures to the governor to sign into law, fulfilling a promise to take swift action designed to prevent mass shootings such as a rampage last year that killed 18 people in the city of Lewiston.
Maine woman's death sparks safety concerns over Lewiston intersection
LEWISTON (WGME) -- A 57-year-old Maine woman died after being hit at a busy Lewiston intersection. The crash happened on April 10 where College Street, Horton Street, and Sabattus Street intersect. People living nearby say safety measures there need to be improved. MaineDOT data shows almost two dozen crashes have...
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