CAMDEN - The Camden Windjammer Festival committee is once again seeking…
Marine
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National Transporation Safety Board...
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday that it convened a voyage data recorder group Aug. 23 to develop a detailed transcript of the sounds and discernible words…
On Aug. 16, the Impossible Dream sailed into Boothbay Harbor again, just short of a year after its first trip here last year.
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CASTINE — Camden National Bank will donate a total of $10,000 over the next two years to Maine Maritime Academy to help…
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four fishermen Wednesday morning after the fishing vessel Lydia…
T-shirt and new benefits for helping at the festival...
CAMDEN — Camden's newest downtown gathering spot, Sea Dog Brewing Company, is offering an added benefit to all Windjammer Festival volunteers this Labor Day weekend.
Sea Dog Brewing, which…
ROCKLAND — The start of the 69th annual Maine Lobster Festival is less than 24 hours away now, and the U.S. Navy ship U.S.S. Oak Hill, (LSD 51), arrived in Rockland Harbor today, Aug. 2…
Aug. 3 Coronation
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival coronation committee has announced the names of the 13 young ladies who will vie for the title of Maine Sea Goddess at the 2016 Festival, Aug. 3-7.
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CAMDEN — North East Mobile Health Services, the local medical emergency and ambulance service, took time July 25 to help train members of this summer’s Camden Area Youth Sailing Program…
Oysters have become one of the most coveted of Maine seafoods.
A true connoisseur of oysters claims he or she can discern intimate…
2016 Maine Lobster Festival Aug. 3-7
ROCKLAND — The U.S.S. Oak Hill, LSD 51 (originally LSD 7), will anchor in Rockland Harbor for the Maine Lobster Festival this year.
The U.S.S. Oak Hill is the second ship…
ROCKLAND — The July 15 Coast Guard Change of Command held in Rockland at the Elks Club was both festive and ceremonial, with musical marches…
Maine Marine Patrol...
NORTH HAVEN — Maine Marine Patrol is calling Maddie “one lucky dog,” after she inexplicably went off her owner’s boat unnoticed and into the ocean, and was later rescued while swimming for her…
Bluesy Rock, ‘90s Alternative, Folk/Experimental, Maine Farm Day, Island Cleanup with Lobsters...
With three cranking bands on Saturday night and two outdoor events on Sunday, this weekend has all the bases covered as we round the corner to the highest point of summer. Live it up!
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Combined effort of Camden harbormaster, Coast Guard Auxiliary, CG Cutter Tackle...
CAMDEN — There is no greater time of need for a shining light marking an island in Penobscot Bay than on a foggy day, and July 17 was just such a day.
And on that Sunday, the light at Curtis…
Marine photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz, publisher of the Calendar of Wooden Boats, and marine historian Maynard Bray, who has provided the…
On Eating and Loving Food
Who doesn’t covet a raw oyster?
Me.
So far I’ve only written about foods I love, or at least like: good sandwiches, pizza, biscuits, chocolate cream pie, popovers, chocolate bread…
Keep an eye out on the bay for this vessel
MOUNT DESERT, ME—Traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe…
Summer races on the water
Like to watch sailboat races? You are in luck. There are a bunch this summer on Penobscot Bay, with contestants ranging from elegant old wooden sloops to the newest, leanest and meanest machines.…
CAPE COD BAY, Mass. — Studying whales and seals will not be the same for Northeast Fisheries Science Center marine mammal researchers Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson, who have spent weeks…
Emergency responders rescued four people after a 23-foot Sea Ox skiff struck rocks nearshore at Spruce Point just after midnight on July 9.
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said police…
The crew at Coast Guard Station Rockland rescued two people from a sailboat taking on water Tuesday about six miles southeast of Owl’s Head Lighthouse.
A crew member…
The Maine Department of Transportationwas notified that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $7,719,173 in grant funding to the Maine Intermodal Port Productivity Project for…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences opened its doors to the public on July 1 for a tour of several of its research facilities. About 100 individuals had indicated they would attend, according to…
CASTINE —The Hagerty Education Program at America’s Car Museum has awarded a second grant of $5,000 in funding to Maine Maritime Academy…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday that the mission to recover the El Faro voyage data recorder will be launched from Little Creek, Va.,…
Metal worker constructed his own homemade foundry out of a steel drum
ROCKLAND— On Chris Gamage’s work table sits a wooden box, centered by a miniaturized fire ring. Around the fire ring several aluminum figures are sitting or reclining. The piece represents Chris…
Which captain will get the people’s choice award?
CAMDEN — The public is invited to the Camden Yacht Clubt July 6, 7 to 8:30 p.m. for an evening of tales from the sea, with local captains Aaron Lincoln, Jack Moore, Jim Sharp, and Camden Harbor…
ROCKPORT — Custom wooden boat builder and designer Rockport Marine of Rockport, has acquired David Jones Yacht Brokerage. This acquisition…
The Camden Classics Cup, scheduled for July 28-30, will open the classic yacht racing season in Maine and serve as the opening event for Camden Classics Week. The race weekend is positioned the…
Cape Jellison, Castine area at mouth of Penobscot River
PENOBSCOT BAY — Noting more extensive mercury contamination of the Penobscot River and its outlet to the bay, the Maine Department of Marine Resources has extended its lobster and crab closure…
Sail, Power and Steam Museum...
ROCKLAND — The Sail, Power and Steam Museum will host a Maine lobster bake by the shore, open to the public, on Friday, July 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds from the dinner will go into the fund the…
Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors...
ROCKLAND — The anticipation for the 14th annual World Championship Boatyard Dog Trials is building among canines and their adoring fans. Would you like to compete? Then Maine Boats, Homes &…
BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Adm. Paul Zukunft joined leaders representing all eight coast guard agencies of the Arctic nations to sign a joint statement establishing the framework for a…
I am embarrassed to say my partner and I stumbled upon the fantastic Atlantic Cup happening in Portland this week. Ever curious wharf-rats…
Surfrider Foundation’s Maine chapter has ongoing drive to combat plastic pollution
When grocery shopping or eating out, we don’t often give much thought to buying an item encased in a plastic clamshell and doubly wrapped in cellophane, then loaded into plastic bags. It’s the…
Maine Department of Marine Resources
AUGUSTA — With Maine's 2016 elver season concluding June 7 at noon, the 982 harvesters who fished this season netted $13,388,040, which is the third highest value in the history of the fishery,…
Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine, in Camden, is inviting the public to attend the relaunching of the Maine Maritime Academy training vessel, the schooner Bowdoin, June 6, at the…
Vessels make weekly ports of call to Maine harbors
The regular summer stops by American Cruise Lines in Camden and Rockport begin June 1 with the arrival of the Independence in Camden Harbor. The vessel is 215 in length and moors in the…
French and Webb...
BELFAST — French and Webb invites the community to its Memorial Day weekend celebration and champagne launching of Webfoot, a custom-made classic wooden power yacht that they’ve been…
Second round of hearings underway in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A second round of Marine Board of Investigation hearings is underway in Jacksonville, Fla., this week, as officials continue to gather information into the circumstances…
Bill to create grant program to help states protect waterfront access
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives Chellie Pingree and Rob Wittman, Va., are introducing bipartisan legislation to protect waterfront…
Visit the Museum at no cost
SEARSPORT — Penobscot Marine Museum opens for the season Saturday, May 28, and is inaugurating a new program to offer residents of each…
Tuesday, May 10, is National Shrimp Day, though the origins of this particular designation remain a mystery.
Regarding seafood in general, U.S. citizens are big fans. We consumed enough from…
Dedicated Volunteers keep it going
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA 19th Annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 11. The event is the brainchild of Ned…
BOSTON — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently resolved two civil penalty cases with two separate fishing vessel…
Marine safety expert Mario Vittone speaking May 5 in Rockland
ROCKLAND — A grandfather went out one day fishing on a river in Virginia with his two grandsons. It was a cold day with 30-40 degree Fahrenheit weather. The boat capsized and the Coast Guard was…
Opinion
Governor LePage, as he is inclined to do with far too little thought, routinely vetoed a batch of legislation that arrived at his desk for signature last week. Among those was LD 1468, a bill to…
Dr. William “Barney” Balch’s team at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has been sampling the waters of the Gulf of Maine regularly over the same transect for…
