Not only was actor Patrick Dempsey announced Tuesday as People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, he is also coming back to Maine to help support Lewiston and the victims of the Oct. 25 mass shooting.
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The Lewiston mass shooting was the first test of Biden’s new gun violence prevention office
It’s something survivors and advocates have wanted for years as gun violence continues to plague the nation.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine Arts Academy in Augusta gets federal grant for school safety improvements
The public charter school is to use $93,000 in federal funds to help make sure students are safe at their new school, a former health care facility.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Former legislator urges better implementation of treatment program he says could have prevented Lewiston shootings
Former state Sen. John Nutting implored Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday to direct state agencies to better implement what’s known as the Progressive Treatment Program.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Financial aid available for businesses affected by Lewiston shooting lockdown
SBA low-interest loans and some grants are available two weeks after shelter-in-place orders were issued.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
‘Send all you have’: Brunswick police officers, special response team, drone responded to Lewiston mass shooting
Brunswick police officers spent nearly 600 hours responding to the Lewiston mass shooting and ensuing manhunt.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Elmet Technologies acquires H.C. Starck Solutions Americas
The acquisition makes Elmet the largest U.S.-based manufacturer of tungsten and molybdenum materials and products.
Posted inLocal & State
Prominent lawyers discuss using civil litigation to pursue justice for Lewiston shooting victims
The attorneys, Josh Koskoff of Connecticut and Jamal Alsaffar of Texas, promote the power of the legal system to hold companies and institutions accountable for things they do, or don’t do, that lead to mass shootings.
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Gov. Janet Mills aims to pay funeral costs of Lewiston shooting victims
The governor hopes to cover the costs through a crime victims fund and her contingent account, her spokesman says.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Police kept close watch on Saco Army Reserve Center on night of Lewiston shootings
Records released by Saco police show officers staked out the center in case Robert Card followed through on an earlier threat to ‘shoot up’ the facility.