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What’s causing unsafe bacteria levels at Maine beaches?

Recent swim advisories highlight how old infrastructure and heavy summer downpours combine to trap bacteria along the coast.

As the country celebrates its 250th birthday, planned festivities include live music, parades and fireworks.

Saturday’s celebrations in the historically LGBTQ+ destination showed that the town’s Pride spirit is as lively as ever.

There are festivals, dances, parades, drag shows and celebrations in more than two dozen communities all over the state.

From contemporary novels to classic children’s books, authors have turned to towns all over the state for settings and inspiration.

See a marionette version of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ at The Public Theatre in Lewiston.

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Indulge in summer’s greatest leisure with an upgraded to-be-read stack.

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On tap are photography, paintings, sculpture and the Portland Museum of Art’s exhibit of Winslow Homer sketches.

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There are operas, musicals, plays, concerts and dance festivals from Berwick to Bangor and multiple venues in between.

The longtime congressman from Massachusetts has congestive heart failure, according to Politico.