Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, from New York City died Monday after being bitten by a great white shark while she was swimming approximately 20 yards off the western shore of Bailey Island, near the city of Portland, according to Maine Department of Marine Resources Patrick Keliher in a statement Tuesday.
Ms. Holowach, who was wearing a black wetsuit, was swimming with her daughter when she was attacked. Her daughter swam for the island and screamed for help. Two nearby kayakers brought the badly injured Holowach to shore, where she died before paramedics could arrive.
After the attack, officials recovered a fragment of a tooth, which was positively identified as from a great white shark.
Shark attacks are very rare in Maine. The attack on Holowach is the first fatal shark attack on record in the state.
As Hong Kong braces for its 
The 
Canadian Bert terHart recently completed a 267-day solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the world via the five capes on his 43′ sailboat using only traditional celestial navigation. He is the first North American to circle the globe solo and non-stop using only a sextant, a chronometer, an almanac, pen, paper, and charts with which to navigate.
In November 2018, a Royal Navy nuclear submarine came within 50-100m of a collision with the 
Today, 
The removal of the capsized car carrier 
The Netherlands has the largest, still operational, historical sailing fleet in the world, consisting of 400 traditional, authentic sailing vessels. There are real concerns that the historic fleet may be destroyed by the aftermath of COVID-19. With the fleet locked down in port, a significant component of the Netherlands’ maritime heritage is at risk. 
We have posted in the past about the heroic and pioneering 
For a third day, the USS Bonhomme Richard continues to burn at the dock, despite the best efforts of hundreds of Navy and civilian firefighters to quench the inferno. The casualty raises the question, are dockside fires on ships worse than fires at sea? 
On Sunday at around 8 AM Pacific Time, an 
The US Coast Guard will name the eleventh ship in its new 
On March 27, astronomers discovered a new comet that they designated C/2020 F3. The comet was located using NASA’s space telescope, the Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), the comet is being called Neowise. While not one of the brighter comets, like Hale-Bopp, the great comet of 1997,” nevertheless Neowise should be visible with the naked eye until early August. Let’s hope that the ancient lore of comets as harbingers of doom does not apply. We have had enough ill-fortune in 2020 already. 