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The 2025 Varsity Maine All-State softball team features six seniors, six juniors and two sophomore pitchers from four state champion teams, recognizing standout players for high batting averages and skilled pitching. Coach Sophia Sciarappa of Bangor turned a two-win team into a top seed and earned KVAC Class A Coach of the Year honors + the team shows strong local talent + the season built on record-setting stats across the state.

Maine is one of 20 states suing FEMA for ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without congressional approval. The lawsuit says the program—established in 2000 to fund disaster mitigation projects like flood levees, safe rooms and seismic retrofitting—was terminated illegally under an acting administrator.

Police charged a 17-year-old teen with killing Sunshine Stewart— a 48-year-old paddleboarder found on July 3 near Crawford Pond who did not return from her outing— and took him into custody Wednesday night at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.

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