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Coast Guard searching for origin of ‘hoax’ distress calls

The calls are believed to have come from the same person and general location, near Mount Desert and Great Cranberry islands.

Police say Amber Robbins of Tremont, 35, died in a hit-and-run crash.

A tractor-trailer’s rear tires struck the 89-year-old woman while the vehicle was making a turn.

Food

At the Common Good in Southwest Harbor, volunteers pitch in by baking and selling piles of popovers all summer to fund a soup kitchen come winter.