State Rep. Colleen M. Madigan, D-Waterville, speaks during debate about a bill to increase MaineCare reimbursement rates for child mental health during session Wednesday at the State House in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, left, Gov. Janet Mills, and American Sign Language interpreter Josh Seal present the last regularly-scheduled COVID-19 news conference on Wednesday in the Cabinet room of Maine State House in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Max Gould takes a drink slug of water while waiting Monday, June 28, for customers to pick strawberries at Popp’s Farm in Dresden. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

A piece of wood falls off the end of a piece of timber as Herb Gingras finishes cutting though it with a bow saw Saturday, June 26, during Woodsman’s Day events at the Monmouth Fair. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Sheryl Keene receives an American flag in honor of her late husband, Tom Keene, during a memorial service Saturday, June 26, for the former Skowhegan Fire Chief at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Hoyt Cooley, 12, leaps off the dock Monday, June 28, while swimming with Henry Sites, 13, left, at the pond at the Sites Farm in Athens. The boys were joined by Jared Ricker, 15. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Danielle Rickards, right, and Killian Hadsell strap themselves into a wave runner Monday, June 28, before traveling up the Kennebec River from Richmond. The women had launched from Bath in search of a beach as temperatures rose into the 90s. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Luke Sites moves strawberries while helping a customer at the Sites Farm in Athens on Monday, June 28. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Ararat’s David Vinson wipes sweat off his brow between innings during a Cal Ripken 10U state tournament baseball game against Messalonskee on Monday, June 28, at the Recreation Center in Sidney. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A line worker for Central Maine Power moves a transformer from the middle of Main Street in Belgrade on Wednesday, following a destructive microburst storm that brought wind gusts of up to 90 mph. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Nathan Currier of Mercer offers his chainsaw services Thursday while waiting for a job following a destructive microburst storm the day before that brought down numerous trees and damaged homes along Main Street in Belgrade. Currier and dozens of others cleared downed trees and broken limbs in Thursday’s cleanup efforts. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Eil Nystrom, of Nystrom Lawn and Landscaping, clears downed trees from parking lot of Lakepoint Real Estate on Thursday in Belgrade Lakes village following a destructive microburst storm the day before. Trees crushed a pickup truck and were still on the real estate office’s roof. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Blakely Emmich, 7, of South Portland, escapes from the 90-degree heat Tuesday by sliding on the new slide at the Alfond Municipal Pool on North Street in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel