Northeast Bancorp: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Northeast Bancorp (NBN) on Tuesday reported earnings of $17.1 million in its fiscal first quarter. The Lewiston, Maine-based company said it had profit of $2.11 per share. The holding company for Northeast Bank posted...

Mourners gather to mark a year since Maine's deadliest mass shooting

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Elizabeth Seal, whose husband Joshua was killed in the deadliest shooting in Maine history, told a crowd of mourners Friday that the tragedy that rocked their city a year ago also created a community that has only grown stronger with time. “These...

Mourners hold moment of silence for Lewiston mass shooting victims, marking the first anniversary of the killings

One year after a massacre in Maine, survivors and loved ones search for new beginnings

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Ben Dyer was shot five times during Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, when a gunman killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar. A year later, Dyer and fiancée Keela Smith want to turn the worst day of their lives into the best. As Lewiston...

Review of Maine police response to mass shooting yields more recommendations

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An independent review of actions taken by Maine State Police when an Army reservist killed 18 people has produced recommendations including mass casualty crime scene protocols, updating computer software for tips and leads, and increasing training and defining goals,...

Survivors and relatives in Maine's deadliest shooting start the process of suing the Army

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Lawyers for 100 survivors and relatives of victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history have begun the formal process of suing the U.S. Army for what they say was a failure to act to stop the reservist responsible for the crime, attorneys announced Tuesday. ...

2 lawmen linked to Maine's deadliest shooting are vying for job as county sheriff

BATH, Maine (AP) — Two law enforcement officers who were allies when they faced tough questions about their interactions with an Army reservist who last year killed 18 people in Maine’s deadliest shooting are squaring off to become sheriff. Neither four-term Democratic incumbent...

Police have upped their use of Maine's 'yellow flag' law since the state's deadliest mass shooting

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the governor said Friday. Maine’s extreme risk...

Final report outlines missed opportunities to stop Maine's deadliest shooting

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserve and police missed opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and initiate steps to seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by...