Dan Bancroft, 72, a skilled storyteller, York Library trustee and former attorney, had taken up cold water swimming after he had retired and he and his wife moved to York about six years ago.
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Man drowns Friday at Harbor Beach in York
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending family notification, police said.
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New Hampshire man pleads guilty in violent York home invasion
Derek Daprato could face up to 20 years on 2 federal charges related to a home invasion in 2019.
Posted inMaine, News
Pingree secures ‘wild and scenic’ designation for York River as part of federal spending bill
Maine’s 1st District congresswoman has been working to secure the designation for years.
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors, Sports
Maine’s deer-harvest hot spot may surprise you
Data show the top communities to bag a white-tailed deer over the past decade are clustered in central and southern Maine – and the No. 1 town outpaces all the others by a country mile.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Watching the baptism of a beach kid
What a joy it is to witness a happy first foray into the sea.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
York police searching for suspect who stole Ferrari and crashed it
The gray 2021 Ferrari CP 812 GT, whose owner says it’s worth more than $700,000, was stolen from the Cliff House in Cape Neddick on Saturday night.
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Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.
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Judge tosses lawsuit challenging border between towns of York, Kittery
York, which had sued its municipal counterpart, could continue to fight. The town select board will meet next month to discuss its next steps.
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York police warn about so-called ‘grandparent scam’
There have been 2 incidents where a substantial amount of money was taken from the victims, authorities say.