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We're still the Sun Journal — check mark or not.

We're still committed to producing award-winning local journalism that informs, challenges and reflects our communities, just like we have for the past 176 years. https://t.co/NPPmOeXF69

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Dr. Rheingold spoke with Maine's @sunjournal in response to the announcement of a community resilience center in #LewistonME set to open in a couple of weeks. Please take a moment to read the full article to learn more. @OJPOVC https://t.co/N9EpEuQUP2

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NEW: Air Force One has landed at Brunswick Executive Airport. The president has left the plane with first lady Jill Biden and members of Maine’s delegation. Follow our live coverage here.
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For the second time in about three months, President Joe Biden is visiting Maine. When he arrives today, though, it will be under very different circumstances. Follow our live coverage here.
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will likely have a low-key visit with families of the Oct. 25 shooting victims during their trip to Lewiston Friday. https://t.co/ufyGW7tmZc

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President Biden, first lady will come to Lewiston on Friday, White House confirms https://t.co/DsLWWPuipG

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"It’s difficult to simply move on from 18 lives ending tragically in our town. A football game doesn’t fix it. But sports can begin the process of healing, conquering our new fears and beginning to trust the world again," sports editor Lee Horton writes. https://t.co/BqoEni735n

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Lewiston beat Edward Little, 34-18, a triumph for a heartbroken community just one week after 18 people were killed in a mass shooting.

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If Biden comes to Lewiston on Friday, he'll be the fourth sitting president to visit the city.
Preceding him: Theodore Roosevelt, 1902; LBJ, 1966 & George H.W. Bush in 1991 (who gave a nationally televised speech from Lewiston High School).
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Documents released Tuesday provide insight into what might have motivated Robert Card and details about the manhunt that followed last week's shootings.

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A special thank you to Will Ferrell for thinking of our Twin City Community ... a smile & laugh is so good for us today!   And yeah, there is a big football game tonight to bring us together!

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A Family Assistance Center has been set up by the Maine State Police, Office of the Maine Attorney General and American Red Cross to provide support for victims and their families.
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A @sunjournal editorial:
Every one. Every minute. Every day. https://t.co/tiZ38aFZqh

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The two-hour program, which begins at 6 p.m., is open to the public and meant to honor the victims of last week’s shooting and pay respects to those impacted.

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Police had searched the company before Robert Card's body was found but did not know about the trailers in an overflow parking lot, said Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck.
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“Tonight the city of Lewiston and the state of Maine begin to move forward on what will be a long road to healing," Gov. Janet Mills said during a press conference held late Friday. https://t.co/cHbKCSlQOO

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As others have noted, Maine is a small town and the state will be mourning long after the gunman is no longer at large. Follow my erstwhile colleagues at Lewiston’s own @sunjournal and sister paper @pressherald for on ground eyes, ears and nuance. #LewistonStrong

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Police called a hasty press conference at Lewiston City Hall Friday night to announce the news that the body of Robert Card had been found. By then, several people had heard that Card was found dead and that the threat posed by the accused mass killer was over.

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NEW: The body of a deceased Robert Card was found Friday night near a recycling area in Lisbon. https://t.co/cHbKCSlQOO

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BREAKING: A news conference will be held tonight at 10 pm at Lewiston City Hall. No information on updates will be available until then. We'll have something on https://t.co/I6Zu5H3sSW as soon as possible.