Not many folks were out and about cruising in Penobscot Bay over Memorial Day Weekend. With forecasts of air temperatures in the…
Marine
Dusting on the cobwebs and getting out on Penobscot Bay early in the season
ROCKLAND — Rockland Fire Department was called to Knight Marine, where a dump truck reportedly lost its brakes and ended up partially submerged in the harbor.
The accident occurred at 525…
Gateway to Penobscot Bay
ROCKLAND — The City of Rockland will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, June 4, 10 a.m., to celebrate the completion of its new ADA gangway at the Rockland Public Landing. Mayor Frank…
Keep dogs away from Goodie’s Beach
ROCKPORT — Goodie’s Beach, at Rockport Harbor, is closed this morning while two seal pups enjoy a rest in the sand. They seem to be fine, according to Harbor Master Abbie Leonard. They are…
ORONO — University of Maine oceanographers are part of a collaborative international team studying the microscopic world of…
CASTINE – Dr. William J. Brennan, president of Maine Maritime Academy, said May 13 that the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign, a $1.6…
The Maine Coast Fishermen's Association in Port Clyde is getting a $175,000 federal grant to develop a program that would let…
You can’t make this stuff up...
CAPE COD, Mass. — For those who are Facebook friends with Camden Harbormaster Steve Pixley, you know there have been some high seas shenanigans going on since Sunday, but in an effort to make…
Maine Department of Marine Resources to hold public meeting for input on Marine Jobs Initiative
HALLOWELL— The Maine Department of Marine Resources will hold a public…
High School teams launch boats April 7
ROCKLAND — Tori Willauer is looking forward to filling the sails at the Rockland Community Sailing Program as early as…
U.S. Coast Guard 5th District...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard hosted a celebration to honor a Coast Guard World War II veteran on his 100th birthday Thursday in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Linwood "Tick" Thumm and his…
Thunder Bay’s next mission is the Penobscot River
ROCKLAND — Lt. Zac Bender is the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay, whose home port is Rockland. Thunder Bay returned home after a 61-day deployment on the…
Early season conversations
This winter is one that will be remembered by many in the…
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition
BELFAST — Want to learn more about the Penobscot Bay region and help preserve its unique character and history? The Belfast Bay…
Industrial Arts
If I can run the Matinicus Island recycling program, I figure I can probably run the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad. Or maybe NASA.
Our very small trash system is not actually a…
2015 Fishermen's Forum
ROCKPORT — Green crabs were the subject when more than 65 teachers and students presented to a standing-room-only audience at the Maine Fishermen's Forum Friday, March 6. The group, this year's…
Submission deadline: April 22
AUGUSTA — In November 2014, the citizens of Maine approved a $7 million dollar general obligation bond “to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs…
For the third straight year, Maine’s commercially harvested marine resources increased in overall value and generated…
ROCKLAND — Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education offers USCG licensing classes throughout the year. The upcoming 3-week QMED (Qualified Member of the Engine Department) course presents an…
ROCKPORT — The enrollment period for Affordable Care Act health insurance closed for most people on February 15. However, some individuals may still be eligible to enroll based on specific…
Clenched in ice, and slowly sinking
ROCKPORT — One of Rockport’s resident fishing vessels, LaBoat III, took a hard turn this past week, as winter continued its relentless grip on Maine. The freezing over of harbors is rare…
Boardwalk improvement phase on hold until funded
CAMDEN — The Camden Select Board Tuesday night unanimously approved moving the initial phase of the town's public landing improvement project forward, to include purchasing and installing a new…
PENOBSCOT BAY — Two fishermen aboard the 35-foot Loretta, homeport Matinicus Island, were rescued this morning, Feb. 14, at approximately 9 a.m. by the crew aboard the Capt. Charles…
New England Hearings concerning Northern Shrimp scheduled through March
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have scheduled hearings to gather public comment on the Public Information…
Down to the sea
Wooden vessel building was a major industry in Camden from 1800 to probably the 1960s. My first book, Grog Ho! The…
Closed Northern Shrimp Fishery
AUGUSTA — Although the 2015 Gulf of Maine shrimp season is closed because of record low abundance, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Maine Department of Marine…
NEW YORK — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug home-ported in Rockland, is on the Hudson River this week, breaking ice between Kingston…
An Atlantic adventure with marine mammals, near an island threatened by casino development
BIMINI — Swim with wild dolphins somewhere near the Atlantic Gulf Stream, and there are no fences as you drift in the blue-green waters. But then, to the left, to the right, and up from depths…
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is urging mariners and the coastal community to take precautions in preparation for Winter Storm Juno, expected to impact the Northeast late Monday…
VASSALBORO — Jon Cornish, a 30-year veteran of the Maine Marine Patrol, was officially promoted to colonel during a change of command ceremony Friday, Jan. 9.
Colonel Cornish relieved Joseph…
Volunteer Smelt Fishing Logbook program
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Marine Resources is asking smelt fishermen and anyone else interested in rebuilding this fishery to participle in the Volunteer Smelt Fishing Logbook program.…
CUTLER — The Maine Marine Patrol rescued two urchin fishermen from a ledge near Cutler after their boat capsized in rough seas Dec. 29. …
fishermen taken to medical center for hypothermia
VINALHAVEN — A Thomaston father and son were rescued this afternoon from rocks in Hurricane Sound after they swam to safety from their burning vessel.
The boat, the 25-foot inboard …
Updated with more photos
The private commercial vessel Island Transporter was ferrying a cement truck from Rockland to North Haven on Thursday, Dec. 11, when high waves caused the truck to shift on the…
Next steps laid out for new school district; police get a second SUV
BELFAST - The City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to make more space for boats and marine commerce in the inner harbor. For now, that means swapping out the loose scattering of single-…
Sizing up GAC’s shoreline
SEARSPORT - Ron Huber’s descriptions of the bluff on the west side of Kidder Point are as colorful as the rock-like clumps of chemistry and stains that mark the beach there.
A “toxic…
Belfast City Council preview, Dec. 2
BELFAST – A plan to reorganize moorings in Belfast Harbor would free up space for current users, including commercial fishermen and boat workers. It would also raise the bar for…
Maine Lobstermen’s Assc. opposes challenge, says Maine got good deal
The Maine Lobstering Union has filed a notice of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service, seeking to roll back rules that require fishermen here to use sinking rope and to run up…
Whose beach is it?
Beach goers would urinate in the limited privacy provided by the seawall. A few times, they tore pieces of the wooden stairs that led from the beach to the yard to feed a bonfire. And sometimes,…
Noah Barnes: ‘When we get done, she’s going to be smoking hot!’
THOMASTON — By mid-summer 2015, Noah and Jane Barnes hope to have the historic schooner Nathaniel Bowditch back in the water, plying Maine's Penobscot Bay with guests aboard once again.…
Voyage marks the 51st trip to the islands
CAMDEN — The schooner Appledore II left its home port in Camden on Sunday, Nov. 9, bound for the warmer waters of Key West, Florida. The Appledore II will spend the winter months…
Coast Guard, Marine Patrol boats in port this morning, helicopter grounded
On Sunday, Nov. 2, the Coast Guard officially suspended its search for two lost fishermen whose boat No Limits sunk off of Matinicus.
Coast Guard air…
Down to the sea
Having a bird’s eye view of Camden Harbor for 44 years, from my office window, I realized that it changed often and…
East Boothbay lobsterman Mike Lewis survived about an hour in the cold waters of the Damariscotta River near Back Narrows on Sunday, Oct. 26 after getting dragged off his boat, Victoria's…
29-foot Wellcraft
ROCKPORT —Neil Ward hopes to haul up his 29-foot Wellcraft motor cruiser this coming weekend from the bottom of Rockport’s outer harbor and determine why the boat sunk so rapidly while tied to a…
Three-day nor’easter made its impact
OWLS HEAD — One sailboat that was heavily damaged in last week’s nor’easter has been hauled off the rocks and towed across Rockland Harbor to get repaired. Another one, which washed up into a…
O’Hara tears down, rebuilds for boat business expansion
ROCKLAND — At one time, large rambling fish processing plants filled the Rockland waterfront. Inside, workers, hair tucked under nets, cut and processed cod, sardines and red fish for commercial…
Citizens asked to capture images
Along the 7,500-mile Gulf of Maine shoreline, forecasters are predicting an extreme high tide Oct. 9. Participants in the first-…
Making new green crab recipes, collaborating on research
Students from six coastal and island high schools (Deer Isle-Stonington, George Stevens Academy, Vinalhaven, North Haven, Narraguagus and Mount Desert Island) gathered on Hurricane…
The Holland America vessel, the Eurodam…
