Temperatures are expected to remain above 80 degrees for the rest of the week.
July 2020
Record low number of U.S. fish stocks subject to overfishing in 2019
The fisheries service determined that only 22 of 321 fishing stocks were subject to overfishing last year, the agency said on Tuesday.
PHOTOS: Swimming school
Winthrop Recreation Department teaches young swimmers at town beach.
Sports are in trouble in the United States because we didn’t do the work
Sally Jenkins: From playing games to maintaining public health, winning takes discipline and shortcuts lead to failure.
Strange days indeed as overhauled NFL training camps prepare to open
How is social distancing possible in a sport featuring trenches, gang tackling and, at the very least, two men touching the football on every play?
Mt. Abram’s Evan Allen earns national recognition for his grades, athleticism
The Mt. Abram valedictorian and boys soccer standout was recently named U.S. Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America.
Legislation to stem racial profiling would require data collection on all traffic stops in Maine
For the second time in 2 years, Rep. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, is proposing to require the state’s police departments to collect and report information about every person they stop.
Caution urged along southern Midcoast beaches following fatal shark attack
Both Popham Beach and Reid State Park are telling beachgoers to stay in shallow water — about waist-deep, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
Neighborhood resident killed in Deering Oaks crash, officials say
Celestin Muhizi, 76, lived near the Portland park and happened to be watching a baseball game when he was hit by a car that was driven through a set of bleachers. The driver has been charged with manslaughter.
Oakland and New York men indicted on drug trafficking charges after motel bust
Eric Caswell, 41, of Oakland and Tarik Squire, 37, of Bronx, New York, were arrested Jan. 2 by Augusta police and Maine Drug Enforcement agents, who were waiting for them at the Super 8 motel in Augusta.