Alewives have returned to Mill Brook in Westbrook this spring, swimming upstream to get to Highland Lake to spawn. It’s the largest fish migration from Casco Bay and part of Maine’s success story in opening up rivers to allow alewives to return to their traditional spawning grounds. Press Herald photographer Gregory Rec was there to capture the beauty and action.
June 2022
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Heavy rain hits Florida; flooding stands vehicles in Miami
The Atlantic hurricane season officially began Tuesday.
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French Open: Rafael Nadal shoots for 14th title against newcomer Casper Rudd
Nadal is the second-oldest man to play in the final in Paris and will face a 23-year-old in his first final.
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NASCAR Cup Series: Return to ‘Gateway’ offers some outside playoffs an opportunity
The Cup Series is back in Madison, Illinois and drivers like Kevin Harvick are hoping for a breakthrough.
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French Open: Swiatek beats Gauff 6-1, 6-3 for second title in three years
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek rolls past 18-year-old Coco Gauff to win her second French Open title and her 35th straight match.
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Heavy rain hits Florida, flooding strands Miami vehicles
Parts of Florida were facing heavy rain and wind as a storm system that battered Mexico moves across the state.
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Uvalde victim’s family, staffer signal possible legal action against gunmaker
Gunmaker Daniel Defense has come under scrutiny in the days since Salvador Ramos, 18, used a DDM4 rifle to unload hundreds of rounds of ammunition in the worst shooting at an American school in nearly a decade.
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Momentum shifts in Ukraine war as Russia advances in the Donbas
For Ukraine, the war has taken a dark, edgy turn in the Donbas.
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Baby formula plant at heart of shortage reopens
The Abbott Nutrition factory was closed five months ago after an FDA inspection turned up allegedly unsanitary conditions.
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Teachers after Texas attack: ‘None of us are built for this’
Already expected to be guidance counselors, social workers, surrogate parents and more to their students, teachers are sometimes called on to be protectors, too.