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Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine reopened Thursday morning after state officials alerted beachgoers of a confirmed shark sighting just one day prior. The white shark sighting was reported at 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, according to an alert from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry. Department officials warned Popham Beach State Park visitors of the sighting Wednesday at 6:09…

Looking for some of the best books to read this summer? Here are 6 top picks that cover a variety of genres.

Looking for some of the best books to read on the beach this summer? Here are 6 top picks that cover a variety of genres.

People headed to the beaches of Gloucester for Memorial Day Weekend can now reserve and pay for parking spots under the city’s new plan to clear up traffic woes at the Massachusetts tourist destination. In summers, Gloucester’s streets and parking lots get crowded with non-residents headed to its famed coastline, and the first-come, first-serve cash payment system that had...

A teen boy died from his injuries while his teen sister was rescued after sand collapsed on them at a beach in Toms River, New Jersey.

Busy beach days are on the horizon, but the city of Gloucester is spending the off-season trying to tackle crowded streets and parking lots.

With Wednesday’s weather providing a hint of what’s to come in spring and summer, the Massachusetts agency responsible for providing lifeguards at state-run beaches and waterways is planning to offer some of the highest wages in the nation to attract quality lifeguards. “We want to make sure we are getting the best and most qualified candidates,” Stephanie Cooper, acting...

A lifelong Nantucket resident is calling for gender equality in a push to allow nudity on all of the island’s beaches. Dorothy Stover, daughter of late Nantucket Town Clerk Catherine Stover, has started a petition to rewrite the town bylaws. The petition suggests that the bylaws be amended by adding, “in order to promote for all persons, any person...

Patriots fans are everywhere, including in Florida, where October started with a beach day.