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PORTLAND, ME – AUGUST 3: Fans cheet at the end of a song by the Turnpike Troubadours at the Back Cove Festival in Portland on Sunday. (Staff photo by Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer) " data-image-caption="Fans cheer at the end of a song by the Turnpike Troubadours at the Back Cove Music & Arts Festival in Portland in August 2025. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer) " data-medium-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/42694015_20250803_back-cove-fest_13-1754272628.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/42694015_20250803_back-cove-fest_13-1754272628.jpg?w=780" />The 3-year agreement will begin in 2027 after festival organizers scrapped this year's edition following delays in finalizing the deal last fall.

LEWISTON, January 21, 2026 – Federal agents knock on the door Wedneday morning at 165 Bartlett Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) " data-image-caption="Federal agents knock on a door at 165 Bartlett St. in Lewiston on Wednesday morning. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) " data-medium-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/01/43381766_SJ.CITlewistonICE.0122261.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/01/43381766_SJ.CITlewistonICE.0122261.jpg?w=780" />Many city and school officials and residents continued to decry the immigration enforcement actions in Portland, Lewiston and elsewhere in the state.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address on Jan. 30, 2024 at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) " data-medium-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/01/Election_2026_Senate_Maine_97791-11.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/01/Election_2026_Senate_Maine_97791-11.jpg?w=780" />The governor said her administration is committed to ensuring the safety and civil rights of people across Maine.

UNION, ME – JULY 20: The entrance to Mic Mac Family Campground in Union. Maine State Police took a 17-year-old teen has been charged with murder of 48-year-old Sunshine Stewart, who went paddleboarding on Crawford Pond in Knox County and did not return on July 2. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) " data-image-caption="The body of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart was found in July at Mic Mac Family Campground in Union, above. Deven Young has been charged with murder in the death of Stewart, who had been reported missing after failing to return from a paddleboarding excursion on Crawford Pond on July 2. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) " data-medium-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/07/42604300_20250720_paddleboarder_8-1753556628.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/07/42604300_20250720_paddleboarder_8-1753556628.jpg?w=780" />A recording released by the Waldo County Sheriff's Office sheds more light on Deven Young's violent behavior and failed attempts to get him services.

LEWISTON, January 21, 2026 -A federal agent walks down the driveway Wednesday morning at 165 Bartlett Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) " data-image-caption="LEWISTON, January 21, 2026 -A federal agent walks down the driveway Wednesday morning at 165 Bartlett Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) " data-medium-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/01/43381766_SJ.CITlewistonICE.0122264_29649a.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/01/43381766_SJ.CITlewistonICE.0122264_29649a.jpg?w=780" />Free for all readers.