Maine
Lewiston shooting commission likely to get subpoena powers this week
The Maine Legislature is poised to grant subpoena powers to the special commission investigating the mass shooting in Lewiston that left 18 dead.
Both the House and the Senate gave initial approval to a subpoena powers bill on Thursday, setting the measure up for final passage likely this week.
The independent commission investigating the October mass shooting has, in recent weeks, heard from police as well as family members of victims. But the commission wants subpoena powers in order to obtain confidential records or compel testimony from witnesses.
This could be particularly important when it comes to learning more about gunman Robert Card’s psychiatric condition and how the U.S. Army Reserve handled concerns about his mental state in the months before the shooting.
The Army is conducting its own internal investigation. But the director of Maine’s independent commission told lawmakers last month that they were running into “issues” getting information from the Army.
The commission is slated to hear this Thursday from officials at the Maine State Police, which led the two-day manhunt for Card before he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
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