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York Beach is divided over how to deal with trash at Short Sands Beach. Businesses say carry-in, carry-out is hurting them and the town's image.

/PRNewswire/ -- Flatiron Wines & Spirits is thrilled to announce they have moved to a new flagship location at 873 Broadway (on the corner of 18th St.) just...

“Realtors could establish an entire campsite on the average ass,” Cindy Adams wrote in her review of a Maine vacation.

Nationally, lifeguards are scarce because of factors like a low unemployment rate and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nationally, lifeguards are scarce because of factors like a low unemployment rate and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Portland, a community pool will be closed this summer because the city has not been able to hire enough lifeguards. Six state parks have no lifeguards signed up for their beaches.

OGUNQUIT, Maine — The lifeguard roster at Ogunquit Ocean Rescue was quite a bit shorter on Friday than it had been at the beginning of the week, after a decision by Interim Town Manager Matthew Buttrick triggered a mass resignation. At least eight lifeguards, including all three assistant captains, quit their jobs in protest of Buttricks decision to take away John Paul "J.P." Argentis title as lifeguard captain and give it to newly hired Ogunquit Fire Chief Russell Osgood. Buttrick said ...