The festival, scheduled to take off Aug. 16, has so far seen $144,650 in sponsorships and donations.
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See a map of how Maine law enforcement responded to the Lewiston mass shooting
More than 750 officers responded to dozens of locations during the 48-hour manhunt for the gunman. Police narratives released this summer show their movements during the key first hours after the shooting.
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Auburn’s Life Forest Whistle Ridge is a place of rest
Remains of lost relative found in an Oregon hospital among the cremains of 3,600 other patients has found a final resting place in Maine.
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The 48 hours of confusion, chaos and fear after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting raise questions about police training
It took 2 days and 5 searches of a property in Lisbon, Maine, before police finally found the shooter’s body – despite repeated tips that it was his most likely hiding spot.
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Lewiston, Auburn Citylink bus drivers rally for better wages
A spokesperson for Western Maine Transportation Services, which operates Citylink, said the company “is continuing to bargain in good faith with the union.”
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Lawyers for Lewiston shooting victims, survivors seek investigation by Pentagon
They call on Maine’s congressional delegation to push for a Department of Defense probe, arguing that the Army’s investigation and a review by the Army’s inspector general had a ‘narrow scope’ and offered ‘conflicting conclusions.’
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Lewiston’s Maine MILL museum plans approved by Planning Board
Construction on the renovation and expansion of the former Camden Yarns Mill is slated to begin this fall.
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Auburn man pleads guilty to robbery of postal carriers, burglaries of central Maine post offices
A traffic stop leads to the arrest of Winston O. McLeod and his co-defendant in the case.
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Army disciplines commanders but blames police, hospital for mishandling Lewiston gunman
An internal investigation finds Army Reserve officials made mistakes in Robert Card’s care but were not responsible for his release from a psychiatric hospital.
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Sanford man charged in burglaries graduates from drug court
Shain R. Johnson, 42, formerly of Lewiston, has been ordered to pay more than $7,000 to those whose items he stole.