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Great white shark spotted near Harpswell beach

Great white shark spotted near Harpswell beach
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A sign warning visitors of possible sharks at Potts Point Preserve in Harpswell in July 2022. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)

A fisherman reported a great white shark near a Harpswell beach Monday afternoon.

The shark surfaced a few hundred yards off Cedar Beach on Bailey Island around 4 p.m. Monday, the town said in a social media post.

Town staff raised a warning flag at Cedar Beach to alert visitors to be careful in the water.

A summer resident was killed in July 2020 by a great white while swimming near her home on Bailey Island.

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Katie LangleyStaff Writer

Katie covers Brunswick, Bath and Freeport for the Times Record. She was previously the weekend reporter at the Portland Press Herald and is originally from the Hudson Valley region of upstate New York. More by Katie Langley

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