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AUGUSTA — The state watchdog office will conduct a risk assessment at MaineHousing in the coming months following a directive issued by the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee.

PORTLAND — The tropical storms that drenched the Northeast this year left an unexpected bounty: Thousands of mushrooms have sprung up on some lawns, and foragers have filled bags with wild ones plucked from the earth, stumps and logs.

FAIRFIELD — Dana Doran’s children will be pleased the black and yellow “helicopter” has taken flight at Kennebec Valley Community College.

Officials are investigating why it hit an underwater object, the second at-sea incident in two years.

Briana Quirion, 12, center, swings as her brother Alex Owens, 10, leaps from his swing Tuesday at North Street Park in Waterville.

Onlookers at left cheer dozens of Maine Game Wardens as they begin running on U.S. Route 201 in Vassalboro toward Augusta during the fourth annual 15 mile Fallen Officers Tribute Run on Wednesday. The run honors the 15 Maine game wardens who died in the line of duty.

The good news about Maine’s painkiller abuse epidemic, experts say, is that opiate addiction is treatable. The bad news is that Maine doesn’t have enough treatment options for all of the people who want or need it.