PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 1, 2022
One of Maine’s most popular oceanfront parks was closed to swimming for the second time in less than a week after a surfer spotted a fin gliding through the ocean waters between Fox and Heron Islands. Jim Britt, spokesman for the Maine Department of Agriculture and Forestry, said the apparent shark sighting off Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg was reported around 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Swimmers were ordered to get out of the water and were not allowed to return.