Here are the news headlines for Maine and New Brunswick for Monday, July 15.

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A motorcycle racer who held the world speed record died Sunday after a crash on the runway of the former Loring Air Force base in Northern Maine.

The Fredericton Police Force is heading up an investigation of RCMP officers involved in a fatal shooting over the weekend in Moncton.

The Portland City Council will hold a public hearing tonight to debate whether or not to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.

The Confederation Bridge was shut down to all traffic for about two hours Saturday night for a truck leaking natural gas.

The National Weather Service says the temperature climbed to 91 degrees Sunday in Caribou, breaking the old record of 90 for the day that had stood for 70 years.

 

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