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We want the public to be aware of today’s sighting, and we are actively monitoring the area for any additional activity,” the ...
A local shark expert insisted the attack survivor is “very, very lucky” to have survived in one piece, adding, “I’d be buying ...
Reports of a large great white shark near some of Maine's most popular beaches have prompted police in one coastal town to ...
A new great white shark sighting off a southern Maine beach prompted local officials to issue a warning Tuesday afternoon. “Earlier today, a credible sighting of a 6–8 foot great white shark was ...
Officials in Scarborough informed the public of a "potential shark sighting in local waters, specifically in the area off the ...
The sighting of the shark, believed to be a great white, near busy southern Maine beaches prompted warnings from public ...
Victim Identified in Deadly Maine Shark Attack, State's First-Ever Fatal Incident Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, was killed in the attack off Bailey Island in the Casco Bay town of Harpswell ...
Authorities in Maine said Tuesday the shark that killed a woman in a rare attack off the state’s coast was a great white. The shark bite killed Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, of New York City, the ...
Maine has never had a fatal shark attack. Why now? Despite Monday’s fatality, attacks on humans are rare and often accidental. Posted July 28, 2020 Updated July 29, 2020 Hannah LaClaire Times Record ...
The only other attack in Maine documented by the University of Florida’s global database was in 2010, when a diver in Eastport fended off an aggressive porbeagle shark with a video camera.
Although two kayakers paddled out to her, she died in what is the first recorded fatal attack by a shark in the state of Maine and the third in New England since 1936.