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…
Marine
Rebuilt pier will come with major rate increase for some boaters
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…
Down to the sea
Beautiful inner Camden Harbor has all types of boats that fill it from the west side to the east side. It is a harbor with much history in…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2013 Recreational Boating Statistics May 13, indicating that boating fatalities that year totaled 560 — the lowest number of…
Thompson’s Wharf pier rates remain in limbo
BELFAST – For years the city has charged a nominal rate for slips at Thompson’s Wharf pier with priority given to renters from previous years. Last week both of those practices came under scrutiny…
96-year-old schooner passes from one Maine family to another
CAMDEN — Capt. Jack Moore and his first mate, wife Barbara, are finally turning the chapter they hinted at six or seven years ago. And being the avid sailers they are, the Moores have every…
New operators are Ramiro and Nicole de Acevedo Ramos
CAMDEN — The Camden Select Board Tuesday night unanimously approved a request to transfer the daysailer license for the schooner Surprise to Ramiro and Nicole de Acevedo Ramos.
The…
Maine Wildlife
In late winter and early spring, resident gray and harbor seals give birth. As a result, chances of encountering a mother and pup or a lone pup on a local beach increase. NOAA Fisheries reminds…
Meeting tonight
LINCOLNVILLE — Selectmen in Lincolnville will hear Monday evening, April 14, from schooner Captain Ray Williamson, co-owner of …
Shared by Maine Marine Patrol and Warden Service
ROCKLAND — With ice-bound waterways breaking up and river flooding an increasing threat, the Maine Marine Patrol and the Maine Warden Service are well-equipped for search and rescue operations on…
$3.8 million project expected to benefit Shipyard, McCrum, create 110 jobs
BELFAST - The U.S. Economic Development Administration on Tuesday awarded Belfast $1.9 million for a major overhaul of Front Street.
The grant would cover half the cost of the estimated $3.8…
At 6 a.m., Wednesday, April 9, Brownell Systems will trailer the 125-foot schooner Spirit of…
NORTH HAVEN — If today’s rain has you feeling blue and soggy, take a moment to consider those who make their living on Penobscot Bay, as well as those who live on one of the islands in the bay or…
Army Corps to repeat pre-application requirement closer to site
BELFAST - A proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Maine Department of Transportation to deepen and extend the shipping channel at Mack Point cargo terminal in Searsport will be subject…
Coast Guard investigates; ‘Everett Libby’ fills in
ROCKLAND — The Capt. Frank E. Thompson is currently out of commission, waiting for a spot at the shipyard, where it will get repairs made to its rudder, and a new propeller installed —…
‘There's nothing nicer than consecutive days spent offshore with the elements’
EAST ORLAND — It's not surprising that a Beatle would figure in a radio show. But on this day at WERU-FM, coastal Maine's community radio station, the Beatle makes an appearance not in song but in…
Public meeting in Belfast postponed until April 8
BELFAST - In a presentation to the The Propeller Club of Searsport and Bucksport last week, Captain David Gelinas made a lengthy case for the importance of…
Across the street from a stream of traffic on busy Route 1 in Damariscotta sits a giant blue warehouse. Taped on the windows are two big signs that read: “Boatbuilders Wanted”
On March 19…
Requires ordinance change first
LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — Capt. Ray Williamson is asking the town of Lincolnville for permission to operate a day-sailing schooner, the 52-foot Summertime, out of Lincolnville Beach during the…
Port ‘improvement’ plan elicits many questions, some answers at public meeting
BANGOR - A contentious proposal to expand and deepen the cargo ship channel in Searsport harbor drew around 150 people to the Cross Insurance Center for a public information meeting with federal…
KENNEBUNK - Following a Maine Department of Marine Resources notice Tuesday that it is closing the northern portion of the Penobscot River to lobster and crab fishing due to mercury contamination…
Maine Department of Marine Resources
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Marine Resources Tuesday announced a limited closure for crab and lobster harvesters beginning at the mouth of the Penobscot River effective Feb. 22.
The…
CAMDEN — A crowd of more than 20 people huddled under the plastic shrinkwrap enshrouding the deck of the schooner Nathaniel Bowditch, a number holding promise that someone would cast a…
Down to the Sea
Captain Phil Raynes is no longer seen in his boat, the Bog Onion. An important part of Camden Harbor is missing. He was a lobsterman for…
A captain's ‘reckless decision to sail into well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy’ probable cause of sinking
On Oct. 29, 2012, the tall ship Bounty sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C., while attempting transit through the forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy and in…
Shipyard overhaul brings tenants for traveling homeowners
BELFAST - The Queen Ann Victorian house built by Orlando Frost is large enough that in any of the downstairs rooms you can sit on the floor with legs extended in either direction…
Change of ownership for old schooner
ROCKPORT — The schooner Timberwind, a longtime fixture at Rockport’s Marine Park wharf, was relocated Jan. 30 to Rockland, much to the surprise of many. Owner Bob Tassi said Jan. 31 a…
Aqua Ventus
Early results of a Bristol survey show little support for Maine Aqua Ventus' proposed wind project.
There are some caveats: No cutoff date has been set for the…
Residents concerned about the effects of changing ocean chemistry testified before the Marine Resource Committee January 13 in favor of an effort to protect Maine’s…
Mystic Seaport is seeking applicants now through February 18 to become a stowaway aboard the Charles W. Morgan during its 38th voyage in the summer of 2014. To apply and submit your video…
Proposed zoning change would likely allow restaurants as ‘accessory use.’
BELFAST - Maine Maritime Products processes and distributes seafood from a facility in the Belfast Business Park. The company also sells steamed lobsters and other fresh and frozen…
Maine Department of Marine Resources
Maine Department of Marine Resources Director of Public Health Kohl Kanwit recently presented to more than 600 researchers, entrepreneurs and Maine shellfish…
A day down by the commercial docks
ROCKPORT — Following days of gale force winds in late November, the skies cleared and the seas calmed, lending a perfect morning for Rockport lobstermen to tend to their traps. Some left the dock…
Say the word “shrimp” and several images surface. To anyone who looks forward to the season when fishermen start hauling them in droves, that one word connotes a sweet…
Aqua Ventus
The Monhegan Energy Task Force, a volunteer group of Monhegan residents consisting of representatives from the Monhegan Plantation Power District (MPPD) and the island’s assessors’ office, as well…
“Yes, we have no shrimp.” This will be the woeful refrain coming from shrimp lovers, seafood retailers and restaurants this winter.
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Council not sold on free money
BELFAST - The City Council on Tuesday approved plans to expand Thompson’s Wharf, but turned down a chance to apply for grant money.
Harbor Master Katherine Pickering painted a bleak picture…
Adrift
I’ve been shopping for Thanksgivukkah. The last time Chanukkah took place this early in the Gregorian calendar was in 1861, two years before Lincoln created…
CAMDEN — Owners of waterfront property on Camden Harbor hope the town will approve their plans to build a new 71-foot pier, despite concerns raised by the Camden Yacht Club’s commodore about its…
ADRIFT
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Working Waterfront
Representatives from the University of Maine will provide updates on the research and development program on deep water off-shore wind energy in three Knox and Lincoln County communities this…
From the Working Waterfront
BELFAST — The planned dredging of parts of Searsport Harbor is unprecedented in scope with potentially catastrophic results, a group of coastal legislators and…
Appledore leaves Camden Harbor bound for Key West
CAMDEN — The schooner Appledore left its home port in Camden Harbor Nov. 2 to begin a 2,000 mile journey to Key West, Florida, where it will spend the winter. The crew of nine will be at…
ADRIFT
PORT CLYDE — Gary Libby's main thing is ground fishing. Mostly for dabs, a flatfish similar to flounder, and also for scallops, but like most fishermen, he…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On behalf of his leadership in business and community development, Kyle Murdock, founder of Sea Hag Seafood, Inc., in Tenants Harbor, has received a 2013…
Hywind Maine
Statoil, an international energy company with operations in 36 countries, announced today that it is ending its $120 million Hywind Maine project.
Statoil was on its way to developing the…
Gubernatorial hopeful says state should be run more like Front Street Shipyard
BELFAST - Two days after formally announcing his candidacy for governor, independent Eliot Cutler swung through the Midcoast, touring Front Street Shipyard in Belfast then heading to a fundraiser…
ROCKLAND —The tall ship Pride of Baltimore II sailed into Rockland Harbor Thursday afternoon, Sept. 19, and tied up at Windjammer Wharf.
The…
