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. 

Lifeguard saves three teens stranded by rising tide in Phippsburg

Lifeguard Patrick McKenna estimated he swam about 1,800 yards, or 18 football fields, in 54-degree water.

Coastal campgrounds face uncertain season due to pandemic

Coastal campgrounds are missing out on the usual rush on Memorial Day weekend as they wait for June and July to slowly start bringing in visitors again.

Thousands in Midcoast lose power, no impact on Election Day voting

According to Catherine Hartnett, Central Maine Power's spokesperson, customers lost power for about an hour Tuesday morning until an equipment replacement resolved the issue.

Fox rampages through Phippsburg neighborhood, attacking woman, man, animals

A fox attacked a 27-year-old woman early Tuesday, making her the fourth person to be attacked by a presumably rabid fox this year in the Midcoast.

VIDEO: Phippsburg man uses ice scraper to defend himself from a fox

Impromptu Virgin Mary shrine takes shape in Phippsburg antique store parking lot

Lewiston man charged after July 4 altercation at Popham Beach

Police charged Eric Knight with OUI and domestic violence assault in connection with a physical confrontation with a woman on Independence Day.

George Popham, Ronald Reagan and Maine’s role in America’s first Thanksgiving

Just before the last ship returned to England in the fall of 1607, leaving the Popham colonists to face a brutal Maine winter, the colonists reached out to a nearby friendly Indian named Nahaniida.