'Lewiston Strong': After Mass Shooting, Residents Emerge With Grit
LEWISTON, Maine — On a sparkling October morning, with peak fall foliage blazing red and yellow, the residents of Lewiston emerged from two long days of lockdown Saturday into a city forever changed. Stores reopened. Sidewalks came to life. And the families of 18 people killed by a mass shooter here Wednesday night tried to move on in a haze of grief, their losses piling an almost unbearable weight on a place that prides itself on its resilience. This city of 36,000, which feels more like a smal