LEWISTON ( AP) — A Lewiston mission that provides clothing, free meals and a safe place for at-risk youth to do homework has been vandalized twice in the past week.
Chris Pope, director of The Root Cellar, says a rock the size of a softball was thrown through a double-paned glass door in the rear of the building on Monday, landing 20 to 30 feet inside the dining area.
Then on Tuesday, a rock was hurled through a front window.
Police are investigating.
Pope tells the Sun Journal he is not angry. He says he wants to speak to the vandals to find out what motivated them.
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