YORK, Maine — York’s lifeguards say they stand by York Beach Ocean Rescue Chief Jeff Patten, who has threatened to resign over what he calls “open drinking” on the beach. Lifeguard Lt.

On a Facebook post on the “York Community Dialogue (Maine)” page, Patten announced that the town has no plans to address drinking, nor his request to place the lifeguards under the York Beach ...

Cocoa Beach visitors and residents can drink on the beach for another year as the city turns to businesses to help control unruly beachgoers at the end of Minuteman Causeway. The city wants to ...