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CASTINE — A small Blue Hill company is exploring a new technology to harness an ageless source of power to generate electricity.
ELLSWORTH — Maine’s shrimp fishing season opened Dec.1 and early returns bode well for fishermen.
BLUE HILL — Coastal ecologist Hilary Neckles will present a talk titled “Strands of Life: Eelgrass in the Gulf of Maine” at the Marine Environmental…
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The board of appeals here last week tabled an appeal of a decision by the town’s former harbormaster until 6 p.m. on…
TREMONT — Every time he looks at a boat, Classic Boat Shop owner Jean Beaulieu sees not just the vessel, but also its owner and…
MOUNT DESERT — The John Williams Boat Company has helped complete the redesign of a traditional Polynesian sailing canoe. The boatyard offered its services to…
ELLSWORTH — When push came to shove on the stormy North Atlantic, good intentions were not enough to save Raw Faith.
ELLSWORTH — Time is running out for lobstermen who want to apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NOAA’s Fisheries Service is proposing to list four subspecies of ringed seals, found in the Arctic Basin and the North Atlantic, and…
BELFAST — A one-day Offshore Wind Conference will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at the Hutchinson Center in…
BAR HARBOR — MDI boatbuilder Chummy Rich will be on hand at the premiere of the new documentary “Chummy Rich, Maine Boat Builder,” at the…
ELLSWORTH — As lobstermen in Southern New England face the real possibility that their landings could be cut by 75 percent next year, Maine lobstermen…
ELLSWORTH — Strange as it may seem, the folks in Augusta may have got one right.
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The chairman of the harbor committee last week lashed out at a selectman who has been critical of how the committee conducts…
ELLSWORTH — A sure sign that winter is approaching, the Maine northern shrimp fishing season will open Wednesday, Dec. 1, with fishermen hoping for a…
CASTINE — Captain Laurence “Larry” Wade, master of the Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) training ship State of Maine, has decided that he will retire in…
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) will use 21st century communications to encourage wide participation in an upcoming hearing on a plan…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, the ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, blasted…
WALPOLE — Oysters growers and state officials met recently to deal with the spread of a disease that is lethal to oysters which, while harmless…
CASTINE — The racing season ended last weekend for Maine Maritime Academy’s offshore sailing team, and as its members turn their focus from sailing to…

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