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Augusta summer celebration moves from Capitol Park to newly renovated Mill Park The event included several other changes, including live music meant to appeal to an older audience. 4 of 4 Vanessa Tyler, 6, of Augusta, gets a flag painted on her face Saturday during Kennebec River Day at Mill Park in Augusta. Photo by Elise Klysa AUGUSTA — The annual festival held in Augusta every summer has come a long way from its roots, as a raucous race down the Kennebec River in rafts made of any availab...

Mercy Hospital Northern Light Health is looking to borrow about $34 million in a year to pay for construction of a consolidated campus for Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland, which has been split between two locations." Northern Light Health is looking to borrow about $34 million in a year to pay for construction of a consolidated campus for Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland, which has been split between two locations." Maine hospitals start to expand COVID-19 units, delay proced...

port-file-pix-2 - Pedestrians seen reflected in a shop window wear masks while walking around Portland Old Port on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. Troy R. Bennett | BDN - Pedestrians seen reflected in a shop window wear masks while walking around Portland Old Port on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. Troy R. Bennett | BDN December on track to be deadliest month of pandemic in Maine Contributed • December 23, 2020 By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff December has now tied November as Maine’s ...