Attendees are invited to bring small mementos and keepsakes to leave at the end of the event, all of which will be catalogued and preserved as part of the growing Maine MILL collection in connection with the shooting.
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Marla Hoffman: I hear sirens in my dreams
Life in the Pines: Sun Journal editor recalls the haunting sounds of the city on the night of Oct. 25, 2023, in Lewiston.
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Lewiston shooting refreshes the trauma for a community leader wounded in Ethiopia
Fowsia Musse says ‘in the face of despair, we find unity in our shared struggles and collective grief.’
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Lighting up Lewiston a year after the darkness
With hope and love, survivors and residents search for ways to ‘take back’ a day that brought so much grief
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
A Maine law could have forced the Lewiston mass shooter into psychiatric treatment. Why wasn’t it used?
Like nearly every other state, Maine can compel those with serious mental illnesses to comply with outpatient treatment. But the law is rarely used. Some fear it threatens to return America to a dark era of institutionalization.
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4 key findings about Maine’s law to compel mental health treatment
We spent months talking to experts in mental health care about what happened in Lewiston and how to treat people who cannot or do not accept their mental illnesses.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Outside review of Maine State Police after-action report on Lewiston shootings recommends improvements
The recommendations came in an analysis of the Maine State Police’s after-action review of the Lewiston mass shooting last year.
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Photos: Artist uses 261 Flower Sleeves to commemorate Lewiston mass shooting
Miia Zellner created the installation from the 261 flower sleeves saved from Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille to commemorate the mass shooting on Oct. 25, 2023, in Lewiston.
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Portland Public Schools installs memorial bench for Lewiston shooting victim
The East End Community School and Maine Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing have dedicated the bench to Joshua Seal, who was an educational technician at the school from 2013-20.