Officials say emergency crews tried to revive the 15-year-old boy at the scene Saturday.
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6 events in Maine this week include Topsham Fair, Jerry Seinfeld and Circus Smirkus
Catch screenings of CatVideo Fest 2025 in Rockland and Portland.
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Maine farmers’ markets host events to celebrate National Farmers’ Market Week
Beginning on Sunday, markets will offer pop-up events, picnics and more highlighting fresh, local food and the Maine Harvest Bucks program.
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Maine Attorney General joins lawsuit against Trump administration’s defunding of abortion providers
Federal funding does not pay for abortions, but does help pay for health care services at Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning.
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Augusta considers adding ‘ambassadors’ to aid homeless in downtown
An ambassador program could supplement police patrols of the downtown area, where merchants have expressed concerns over the number of homeless people, officials said.
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6 events this week include the Maine Lobster Festival and Chicago in Bangor
Portland Stage presents its latest production ‘Murder for Two.’
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U.S. government runs out of money to pay Maine defense lawyers appointed in federal cases
Attorneys are waiting until the next fiscal year starts in October to get paid — and that depends on Congress.
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Maine’s rising humidity signals shifting climate: ‘We’re living in a wetter world’
The state’s biggest cities have seen a gradual rise in temperature and dew points since the late 1940s, making the summer heat more oppressive.
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Shania Twain donates $25,000 to Maine’s Good Shepherd Food Bank
The country music star made the donation, which can provide 50,000 meals, during a concert in Bangor as part of her summer tour.
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How a ‘cluster’ of HIV cases in Penobscot County became one of Maine’s largest outbreaks
The vast majority of the 27 positive tests have come from people in Bangor who have either been homeless, injection drug users, or both. But officials say the outbreak is a culmination of factors much larger than that.