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-…

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 – 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…

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…

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,…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Along the 7,500-mile Gulf of Maine shoreline, forecasters are predicting an extreme high tide Oct. 9. Participants in the first-…

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…

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…

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…

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'…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

 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 — A new fishermen’s hoist in Camden Harbor is set for installation, but the project must beat a deadline of December 26, or risk…

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…

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…

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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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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…