CAMDEN — The Loose Cannon was raised off the bottom of Camden Harbor Wednesday, Oct. 1, courtesy of Rob Iserbyt, owner of Rockport Charters. It was raised with 10 flotation mooring balls…
Marine
Carolyn Maunz named Oyster Poetry contest winner
DAMARISCOTTA — Another last blast of summer came through Sept. 28 for the 13th annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival on the shores of the Damariscotta River at the historic Schooner Landing Restaurant…
Boat, barge sustain nearly $13,000 damage
CAMDEN — Marine Patrol Officer Wesley Dean late last month obtained an arrest warrant for Michael Quantrell of Camden, following an investigation into extensive damage to a boat tied up in Camden'…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Coastal Program
AUGUSTA — Rockland is among coastal municipalities being awarded $52,239 in Shore and Harbor Planning grants, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine…
The Maine Marine Patrol located a kayaker Sunday almost 15 hours after he was reported missing by members of his kayak party. The group was paddling…
ROCKLAND — David W. Cassida of Belfast last month was awarded the Membership Paddle for 45 years of service to the community and the nation. The recognition was made during an award ceremony at…
Industrial arts
MATINICUS — Residents of-and a few visitors to-Matinicus assembled Aug.24 outside the island's one-room elementary school, where Dave Sears was grilling hamburgers. In addition to some of the…
ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop is now accepting applications for the two-year apprenticeship program with January and July start dates; the 12-week intensive program runs year-round with start…
CAMDEN — When word got out there was a band of pirates sailing on a stolen pirate ship and skulking around Penobscot Bay, the Pirates of the Dark Rose headed to Camden and set up an encampment,…
2014 Camden Windjammer Festival
CAMDEN — Three competitors showed up Sunday morning for the annual remote control sailboat racing event, a long-standing tradition of the Camden Windjammer Festival.
Anyone can sign up to…
2014 Camden Windjammer Festival
CAMDEN — The public landing Saturday morning, the second day of the 2014 Camden Windjammer Festival, was slowly beginning to come to life around 7:45. Camden Rotary Club had begun serving…
2014 Camden Windjammer Festival
CAMDEN — Camden Harbormaster Steve Pixley and Lobster Crate Race Organizer Seth Silverton shared the microphone late Saturday morning to introduce each of the 34 racers and offer color commentary…
Photo Gallery
CAMDEN — Friday afternoon was one glorious weather day in the Midcoast, making for a seriously pleasant time to sit alongside the harbor and watch the action as schooners made their to the head of…
ARLINGTON, VA — Atlantic coastal states from Maine to Maryland have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for the Draft Fishery Management Plan…
To move forward, they first had to travel backward.
This past Tuesday…
Capelin Time
My birding friend Jacquie and I just returned from a mid-summer birding…
CAMDEN — Camden Harbormaster Steve Pixley spentThursday morning chasing after damage caused by the wind and waves that came with Wednesday night’s storm that persisted overnight.
At least…
KENNEBUNK — In honor of the sixtieth anniversary of its founding, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) is holding a raffle for its members. Those who become members or renew their membership…
Camden Harbor
CAMDEN — A new fishermen’s hoist in Camden Harbor is set for installation, but the project must beat a deadline of December 26, or risk…
Thousands visit nation’s tall ship over the weekend
ROCKLAND — Boats come and go on Penobscot Bay — sloops, fancy yachts, barges, schooners, container ships — they slip into the harbors and up channels, and people close to the water take note. But…
Cadets, crew honored at 4 p.m. ceremony, main stage, Lobster Festival
ROCKLAND — Watch the waters Friday, Aug. 1, around 3 p.m. as the stately Coast Guard training vessel Eagle sails into Rockland Harbor with 200 cadets, crew and officers onboard. The…
Company contracts to clean affected vessels
ROCKLAND — The startling plume of black soot emitting from a Rockland waterfront smokestack July 22 has been traced to a failed relay switch, which runs the fuel flow meter that feeds an oil…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Selectmen and Harbor Committee agreed to pursue a Strategic Harbor Plan in an effort to update unreached goals set in 2006 for the town’s waterfront.
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DEP to follow up
ROCKLAND — A stark and dark cloud of black particulates settled over Rockland Harbor just after 5 p.m. July 22; its source, the FMC smokestack on Crockett’s Point.
Marc Cone, director of the…
Conflict of interest, mooring waiting lists, strategic plan
LINCOLNVILLE — Selectmen in Lincolnville will sit down with the town’s Harbor Committee Wednesday evening, July 23; the first order of business, to determine whether Lincolnville’s harbor master’s…
PENOBSCOT BAY — Two lobstermen spent the better part of Tuesday, July 15, floating in a life raft in pea soup fog near Vinalhaven after their fishing…
Goodie’s Beach tops state’s problematic list
ROCKPORT — Pollution at Goodies Beach in Rockport has been isolated to a human source; however, the culprit remains elusive and those investigating are running out of options.
Bob Kennedy,…
What’s that boat?
Stampede, a 115-foot motor yacht, will spend the week at Wayfarer Marine in Camden. Stampede is registered to…
AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Marine Resources seeks nominations for membership of the Working Group to Establish Rockweed No-Harvest Conservation Areas - Deadline extended to Friday,…
All along the Breakwater
ROCKLAND HARBOR — A steady breeze kept the sails full on the schooners and smaller sailboats that showed up for the annual Parade of Sail, July 11, off the Rockland Breakwater. The event showcases…
ORONO — Enhancing green sea urchin egg production to aid Maine's depressed urchin…
Maine Department of Marine Resources
The Maine Department of Marine Resources will hold a series of public meetings to provide data from recent smelt surveys and to solicit public input into future…
Updated with photo gallery
ROCKLAND — "Oh crap, they're already underway," said one of the passengers on the Penobscot Ferry and Transport charter boat as we came into Islesboro's harbor.
We were there to meet up with…
24 lakes systems remain infested with invasive aquatic plants
AUGUSTA — With increased boater traffic during the summer season, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection reminds boaters to remove invasive plants and animals from their boats before and…
On Friday, June 27, staff and guests celebrated the 40th anniversary of Bigelow Labs at the East Boothbay campus. According to …
Leaders of marine laboratories in the northeast and Great Lakes will be at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay this week, June 25-27, to plan a way forward to cope with federal…
Replicas sail up Penobscot Bay
CAMDEN — Columbus’s Nina and Pinta will spend the week in Camden Harbor as a fully functional floating museum. Stationed at the public landing…
AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Marine Resources is seeking individuals interested in participating in a rockweed (seaweed) working group created by the legislation.
Pursuant to the passage…
Foreclosure granted
ROCKLAND — A U.S. federal court judge has directed that an advertisement be placed in the Portland Press Herald announcing the public sale of the schooner Timberwind. Bar Harbor…
Boats
BROOKLIN — Brooklin Boat Yard launched Dreadnought, a cold-molded custom sailboat, Monday, June 9. Designed by Jim Taylor, the yacht is a lightweight, performance-oriented sloop with a…
This is an introductory article to present a series of writings and illustrations about boats and the marine industry. The series, “Thinking About Boats,” is intended to provide some interesting…
ROCKLAND — The Maine sailing community is getting the next generation of sailors onto the water via Schooner Kids, a new program that partners teen sailors with historic windjammers.
The…
From Maine to Alabama, and home to Maine again
ROCKLAND — The sloop Heritage, a once familiar sight on Penobscot Bay, has…
Council waives fees for ‘Lynx,’ talks video cameras for Harbor Walk
BELFAST - Privateer Lynx, a replica of an 1812 Baltimore Clipper ship, will be spending most of the month of July in Belfast. The City Council rolled out the welcome mat on Tuesday…
Front Street Shipyard’s travel lifts take all sizes
BELFAST - Much has been said about the capacity of the two travel lifts at Front Street Shipyard. The smaller, 160-ton hoist was heralded as the largest of its kind north of Newport, Rhode Island…
Tied up at the Public Landing through the weekend
ROCKLAND — With the distinctive rake of the masts, the replica Baltimore clipper ship Amistad is in Rockland Harbor through the weekend and open to visitors who want to climb aboard to…
Fifty of the nation’s top ocean scientists are at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay this week, May 28-30, to scope out a forward-looking research agenda that will integrate…
‘A better alternative exists’
ROCKLAND — Proposed changes to longtime parking policies at the Maine State Ferry Terminal in Rockland have islanders worried that their longtime methods for ensuring a ride back home on the ferry…
Rebuilt pier will come with major rate increase for some boaters
BELFAST - After sending the advisory Harbor Committee back to the drawing board earlier this month, the City Council on Tuesday approved a new fee schedule for slips at Thompson’s Wharf pier. The…
Do you know who first coined the phrase ‘windjammer cruises?’
ROCKLAND - Lime, granite, lumber and ice were the cargos of the schooners at the turn of the century. They plied the waters from Maine to Boston and New York to take the state’s resources to the…
