ROCKLAND — The eighth annual Coast Guard Appreciation Dinner was held at the Elks Club in Rockland Friday, May 2, when a crowd honored Station Rockland and crew aboard the USCGC Thunder Bay…

Come Boating!, Belfast’s community boating program, rowed to first place in the pilot gig class, and seventh overall at the 35th annual Snow Row in…

ROCKLAND — Approximately 125 citizens and members of the Rockland City Council sat in the former Amalfi Restaurant Wednesday, Feb. 26, to listen as representatives of Rockland Harbor Park LLC, the…

CAMDEN — This winter has seen a lot of business transitions in downtown Camden, and news that Mike and Lynne McHenry have sold their windjammer, Angelique, signals commercial changes in…

Snow. Freezing rain. Ice. Darkness 2013. More snow on the way. I know, we’re not even into January yet, and this utter nonsense is getting exhausting, but it ain’t over yet. And if you can squeeze…

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…

SEARSPORT - Voters at a special town meeting Thursday approved spending up to $475,000 toward completing a nearly-20-year-old program of repairs to the town wharf. 

Roughly 80…

HULL, Mass. — Come Boating!, Belfast's community boating organization, sent two boats down to the 27th annual Head of the Weir River Race Nov. 2, gathering at the Windmill Point Boathouse in Hull…

MONHEGAN —Ten miles out on Monhegan Island, Matt and Mary Weber are just like most Maine islanders — always working. Matt’s a full-time lobsterman and Mary’s a teacher and right now, their jobs…

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…

ATLANTIC OCEAN — One hundred miles off the New England coast, you will glimpse Captain Wes Pulver on the bridge of the …

CAMDEN — It’s a sure sign that winter is just around the corner. Boats that spend the winter in Camden Harbor are covered and shrink-wrapped in white plastic, readied for the long winter. The wrap…

ROCKLAND — I had my last sail with Emma a couple of weeks ago. There was breeze enough for a rookie, just what I needed to get more familiar with the…

CAMDEN — Three shells slice through the predawn mist on Megunticook Lake, moving like arrows up alongside Fernald's Neck toward Bog Bridge. While each deep in their own solitude, the three rowers…

CAMDEN — A proposal to explore installing a hydro-power turbine at the Montgomery Dam, which sits at the head of Camden Harbor where the Megunticook River spills into the ocean, received unanimous…

CAMDEN — Beautiful fall weather late last week welcomed passengers aboard the schooner Mary Day, and kept them and the crew company throughout what was the last four-day sail of the 2013…

ROCKLAND — Thirteen high school sailing teams from Maine and Vermont joined Rockland Community Sailing Program sailors Sept. 29 to compete in a beautiful regatta on Rockland…

ROCKLAND — A few weeks ago, I was asked to help my friend, Gus, bring his O'Day Tempest to Rockland, from its temporary mooring in Bayside.

Gus has had a 30-foot sailboat for some years, and…

On October 1 the Pemaquid Paddlers will be on the lookout for seals, harbor porpoises, eagles and ospreys as they tour the Saint George River in Thomaston.

The put-in site: At the traffic…

Let me start by stating very clearly that I am an omnivore. When it comes to food, I'll try just about anything. Or anyone, if you're one of those folks who thinks all living creatures are endowed…

ROCKLAND — I wrote my first freelance story the summer I turned 30. I was living near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., and spending a lot of time enjoying the performers on the street.

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Even with the threat of high winds and rain, 29 entrants participated in the annual Megunticook Regatta for sliding-seat rowing on Sept. 8.  Racers from Ontario, Canada to Southern Connecticut,…

CAMDEN — During the outdoor Schooner Talent Show at Camden Harbor Park, part of the 2013 Camden Windjammer Festival Aug. 30-Sept. 1, there was another show going on behind the performers, albeit…

ROCKLAND — Those who saw the movie RawFaith, when it showed at the Strand Theatre last month, or witnessed the real-life adventure of the 88-foot, home-built galleon's sojourn in the…

NORTHPORT — Sailors are invited to participate in the popular and low-key annual Around Islesboro Race. In its 27th year, the late-summer sail around Islesboro has classes for all kinds of boats…

WEST BOOTHBAY — Maine State Aquarium Manager Aimee Hayden-Roderiques reported Sept. 3 that this four-pound lobster, with its "five-claw" crusher claw, is on its way to the aquarium.

She said…

CAMDEN - When people first step aboard a windjammer and get a look at their cabins and the galley, one of their biggest misconceptions gets cleared up right away. That is: accommodations are going…

CAMDEN — Nearly a dozen handcrafted boats were launched at the head of Camden Harbor Sunday at noon, all hoping to win the race around the finger floats, and most importantly, to stay afloat.

They came, they wagged their tails, some jumped into the harbor and others jumped over obstacles. Sunday morning at the Camden Windjammer Festival, it was time for the Sea Dog Show.

Joe Ryan…

CAMDEN — Racers flew over the crates at the Camden Windjammer Festival Saturday, Aug. 31. The water was a warm 62 degrees F, and Camden firefighters were on standby as racers inevitably splashed…

CAMDEN — Friday night’s fireworks show lasted nearly 30 minutes, with a nice cluster at the beginning of the show and a true grand finale.

Camden’s downtown was packed, from Harbor Park and…

CAMDEN — They sailed into Camden Harbor throughout the afternoon Friday, on beautiful August breezes, those coastal schooners that have made Midcoast Maine famous. Capt. Jim Sharp narrated,…

Well, imagine this, I'm on yet another amazing adventure here is beautiful Kauai, Hawaii. This adventure is a bit different than the others though. This adventure is a passion, I want to eat,…

CAMDEN — The 2013 Camden Windjammer Festival is shaping up to be a truly spectacular weekend celebrating the Midcoast's maritime heritage, with three days of nautically-themed things to see, learn…

PENOBSCOT BAY — With horn blasts and a shot from a starting gun, the …

CAMDEN — A Massachusetts man who was plucked out of Camden Harbor early Friday morning, suffering from hypothermia, is missing the dinghy he thought he was in when he went overboard.

Geoff…

ROCKPORT — Two strong and accomplished Canadian stand-up paddle board champions took the titles this year in the first-ever annual…

PENOBSCOT BAY — The 70-foot sailing yacht Archangel,…

PORT CLYDE — This is not their first rodeo, you think, as you listen to the procession of lobster boats leaving the harbor one after the other beginning when the sky is still a…

SOUTH THOMASTON — “Did you get a good lesson on the current,” asked …

SEARSPORT - The beachcombers had come expecting to see signs of pollution, but the first one — a bright yellow object, the size and shape of a date — seemed to…

ROCKLAND — Multiple state and local agencies began searching around noon in Rockland Harbor Sunday afternoon for a diver who was working underwater on the motor yacht TATS, anchored off…

ROCKLAND — Multiple state and local agencies began searching around noon in Rockland Harbor Sunday afternoon for a diver who was working underwater on the motor yacht TATS, anchored off…

CAMDEN — The cat is about to pounce on the mice at Camden Harbor today, and for those who have ignored the warnings, the hammer is about to fall.

Camden Harbormaster Steve Pixley and his…

CAMDEN — The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Camden, among other Midcoast towns, at 2:21 p.m. Wednesday. The warning extended through 3 p.m.

And it was…

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Howard Blackburn set a high bar for endurance rowing. While fishing off the coast of Newfoundland…

CAMDEN — Summer is barely underway, but for the organizing committee of the Camden Windjammer Festival all eyes are fixed firmly on Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. That weekend the annual…

ROCKLAND — The Maine Windjammer Association's 37th annual Great Schooner Race got underway July 5, with 17 schooners, coasters, yachts and ketches vying for 11 awards.

In total, the vessels…

This summer we're starting a literary series with Maine authors titled "Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction"...

Bill Roorbach is a Maine author, whose latest novel,…