While the employees of Albert & Burpee Funeral Home worried about their own families and friends, they assisted in transporting the 18 bodies to Augusta.
Oct 25 killings
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Schools prepare to welcome students back to structure of daily routines
Lisbon and Auburn students will return to school on Monday with a two-hour delay.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Crisis responders, K9 available Sunday at Ramada Inn
Crisis responders, including K9 Niko Suave, were available for community members Saturday at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Lewistor. The cooperative of organizations, crisis responders and Niko will be available Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police were alerted last month about Lewiston shooter’s threats, but ‘we couldn’t locate him’
After stepped-up patrols of the U.S. Army Reserve base where Robert Card trained and a visit to his Bowdoin home – neither of which turned up any sign of him – they moved on.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates students emerge from lockdown seeking ways to help
Bates College sophomores Ella Nichol and Emma Erkkila signed up to donate blood in the wake of the Lewiston shootings, and said they considered donating blood a way to give back to their community because, as they put it, “Lewiston is home.” Neither Nichol nor Erkkila has donated blood before, but said their entire group […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Religion & Values
Healing in hope: Local clergy turn to their faith to help lead grieving community out of darkness
In the wake of 18 murders, faith leaders have opened their churches and hearts to victims, families, communities making their way through immense tragedy.
Posted inOpinion, Our View
After Lewiston shootings, embrace life. Every one. Every minute. Every day.
Every single one of these people, people we knew and loved, left their lives behind while doing perfectly ordinary things with every expectation they would be returning to their homes and their loved ones Wednesday night.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Body of Lewiston mass shooting suspect found with 2 guns at recycling company
Police had searched the company before Robert Card’s body was found but did not know about the trailers in an overflow parking lot, Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
SAD 17 instituting extra support for students following mass murder spree
PARIS — After a two-day closure in the aftermath of Lewiston’s deadly shooting on Oct. 25, Maine School Administrative District 17 will reopen its 10 schools Monday, with a planned two hour delay. Educators, administrators and support staff including food service, transportation and facilities departments spent Friday focused on strategies to support students through times […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Survivors deal with sadness, recovery, questions: ‘It’s overwhelming. We lost so many special people.’
Four survivors and their families tell their stories. ‘It’s mixed emotions everywhere. I don’t even know what to think or what to say or what to feel.’