Four overnight summer camps in Maine put interventions in place that helped prevent coronavirus transmission and outbreaks, a new report finds. Children who tested positive had to delay arriving, campers quarantined for two weeks and they were frequently tested and screened, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Wednesday. Among more than … Read more
Gull-friend! Maine lobster captain visited by a seagull almost every day for the past 15 years captures and rescues the bird to save its life after it injured its leg Captain John Makowksy has been friends with the bird – who he named Red Eye – since it first flew up on his boat in … Read more
Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, of New York City, died on Monday afternoon A 63-year-old retired fashion executive heard giggling with her daughter before she was killed in a great white shark attack had retired early to live her dream life, friends say. Julie Dimperio Holowach was swimming in a wetsuit with her daughter near Bailey … Read more
Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, of New York City was identified Tuesday by The Maine Department of Marine Resource as the woman who died in a shark attack Monday A 63-year-old New York City woman died Monday after she was attacked by a great white shark off the coast of Maine. Julie Dimperio Holowach was swimming … Read more
Woman dies in a ‘shark attack’ while swimming off the coast of Maine U.S. Coast Guard was alerted to a shark attack in Harpswell at 3.30pm Monday Two Good Samaritans on kayaks were able to help the woman back to shore Marine Patrol says the woman was pronounced dead at the scene The incident could … Read more
This is Kelly’s Landing, a lobster ‘pound’ (or shack) on a wooden deck jutting into Maine’s Moosehead Lake. The woman next to me starts chatting. She’s a resident of Greenville, and delights in telling me that Moosehead Lake is the holiday destination New Yorkers prefer to keep to themselves. ‘This is a quiet, rustic, relaxed … Read more
As states across the US continue to see a decrease in fevers during the coronavirus pandemic, Florida and Maine are seeing upticks. Kinsa Health, a medical technology company based in San Francisco, has been tracking daily fever readings using data from smart thermometers connected to the Internet. According to one of Kinsa’s maps, which tracks … Read more
Skeletal remains of a shipwreck have appeared on the Maine coastline nearly every 20 years, but have remained a mystery for more than six decades – until now. Researchers have finally identified the wooden wreck as a British cargo ship that dates back before the Revolutionary War – making it older than America itself. Using … Read more