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Maine’s vast rural expanse complicates the search for Lewiston shooting suspect

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With the search for Robert Card now extending into a third day, investigators face a massive challenge: the suspect in Maine’s deadliest mass shooting has escaped in a state with an estimated 17.5 million acres of forest land and numerous rivers, vast expanses of uninhabited land dotted by small communities, farms, logging roads and two-lane highways.

Mass shooting turns spotlight on Maine’s sparse gun laws

read more…: Mass shooting turns spotlight on Maine’s sparse gun laws

In the past three years, state lawmakers have proposed nearly four dozen bills to regulate the sale, carry and liability of guns in Maine, but most have not passed the Legislature. A “yellow flag” law enacted in 2019 lets law enforcement take guns away from someone they suspect of posing a threat to themselves or others, but officials concede it is underutilized.

Manchester mayoral candidates hold ‘civil discussion’ on the issues at The Rex

read more…: Manchester mayoral candidates hold ‘civil discussion’ on the issues at The Rex

With Manchester Ink Link associate editor Andrew Sylvia moderating, Ruais, a political newcomer and military veteran with experience working with nonprofits, and Cavanaugh, a Manchester native who has served as a state senator and an alderman of Ward 1 for eight years, began the evening in agreement that some of the significant issues facing the city can only be solved by crossing political aisles and coming together as a community.

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