In June 2016, the keys to the Megunticook Watershed Association’s lake patrol boat were handed over to Camden native Dale Dougherty, who the association named lake warden, to replace Justin…
On the Water
PORT CLYDE—After 40-plus years in the fishing industry, you’d think you’d run out of things to say about it, but not commercial fisherman and owner of Port Clyde Fresh Catch, Glen Libby.
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Marine warnings, high-wind warnings for Knox, Waldo counties
The storm that is on the approach to the Midcoast is packing a powerful breeze. According to a marine safety bulletin from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, in South Portland, the…
CAMDEN — Many people were treated to an unusual sight as they drove around Megunticook Lake Nov. 15, as Casey Leonard of Camden was at the helm of the M/V Lady Crane.
But the person…
High School Sailing
ROCKLAND — The Pen Bay Sailing League had the final event of its Fall Series this past Sunday on Rockland Harbor. The Apprenticeshop played host to 6 High School Sailing teams from the Midcoast…
youth sailing
BOOTHBAY HARBOR — The newly formed Pen Bay Sailing League held the second event of its Fall Series last weekend in Boothbay Harbor.
30 High School sailors from the Midcoast took to the water…
People and their Lobster (Rolls)
ROCKLAND — For the second year in a row, the Maine Lobster Industry celebrated National Lobster Day. Designated through a resolution by senators Angus King and Susan Collins, National Lobster Day…
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — The Apprenticeshop’s Fall High School Sailing is off to a great start. New this year, in partnership with other sailing schools, the organization formed a Penobscot Bay High…
Camden Windjammer Festival...Labor Day weekend
CAMDEN — They came, they built, they climbed into their watercraft and they paddled a few or more strokes. Four of the five handmade boats made it the full way around the Build-a-Boat race course…
Camden Windjammer Festival...Labor Day weekend
CAMDEN — Camden Windjammer Festival continued all day Saturday, beginning with the Camden Rotary Club annual pancake breakfast and then West Bay Rotary Club’s annual Chowder Challenge for the…
Boats, booths and people...
CAMDEN — The Camden Windjammer Festival opened on Friday, Sept. 2, at the Camden Public Landing, an annual Labor Day tradition in this town known for schooners and lobsters, an amphitheatre…
Camden Windjammer Festival...Labor Day weekend
CAMDEN — For many years sailing, Labor Day weekend in Camden has been a time for celebrating the town’s and the region’s rich nautical heritage. The annual Camden Windjammer Festival brings in…
No entry fee, construction materials provided
CAMDEN - The Camden Windjammer Festival committee is once again seeking…
CAMDEN — The old saying is “No good deed goes unpunished,” but in 5-year-old Andrew Laidlaw’s case, a good deed had a quick payback in the form of a sweet catch out of Hosmer Pond in Camden.
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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…
LifeFlight’s fourth annual Islesboro Crossing fundraiser
Swimmers will be out en mass early in the morning, Aug. 20, for the fourth annual Islesboro Crossing, a fundraiser for LifeFlight of Maine. The Crossing is a major fundraiser for the nonprofit,…
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four fishermen Wednesday morning after the fishing vessel Lydia…
$1,255 raised goes back to the organization that saved Travis from a high-kill shelter
ROCKLAND — Travis, a Labrador mix, was only a year old, sitting in a high-kill shelter in rural North Carolina, when K-9 Lifesavers, an all-volunteer private nonprofit dog rescue group in Virginia…
youth sailing
ROCKLAND — With summer winding down, it’s time to be thinking about fall high school sailing on Rockland Harbor. The Apprenticeshop partners with area schools to provide a sailing team for…
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…
Brothers claim victory
BLUE HILL — Brothers Peter and Warren Galloway sailed to a first-place finish in the Club 420 State Championship held in Blue Hill on Aug. 4 and 5.
Representing the Camden Area Youth…
Elizabeth Evans has rubbed elbows with some celebrities.
These days she can usually be found at the East Boothbay General Store, at…
Music, food, cardboard boat racing, 5K, family fun...
BELFAST — Seventh annual Belfast Harborfest is happening Friday-Sunday, Aug. 19-21. Music, 5K, pancake breakfast, cardboard boat building and racing, rowing regatta, classic small boat show, beer…
Twice as many participants this year!
HOPE — Hope’s Hobbs Pond swim is a huge success each and every year on a local level. In fact, the number of participants doubled compared to last year and a closer look shows the prominence of…
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…
ROCKLAND — The July 15 Coast Guard Change of Command held in Rockland at the Elks Club was both festive and ceremonial, with musical marches…
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.…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is partnering on a national restoration effort for the common loon designed to strengthen and restore loon populations within their…
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…
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…
A 51-year-old Alna woman was taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital Sunday after a power boat struck the kayak she was using in Nobleboro, Warden Chris Dyer of the Maine Warden’s Service said…
CASTINE —The Hagerty Education Program at America’s Car Museum has awarded a second grant of $5,000 in funding to Maine Maritime Academy…
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…
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…
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…
The public is invited to join resident ornithologist and Medomak Valley Land Trust board member…
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…
The Apprenticeshop
CASTINE — The Rockland Community High School Sailing team has come a long way in the last six years, and the team's successes reached new…
HIGH SCHOOL SAILING
ROCKLAND — On Saturday, May 7, five area high school sailing teams gathered at The Apprenticeshop for the annual Team-Race to benefit…
Islesboro Crossing SOLD OUT
NORTHPORT/ISLESBORO — In only its fourth year, the Islesboro Crossing for LifeFlight filled to capacity just a few short days after…
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…
New owner, new staff, new menu and a lot of fun is on tap
ROCKLAND — The Pearl Restaurant is as infamous as famous and has occupied the space that’s just a short walk on a long pier off the Rockland Harbor front at 275 Main Street for many years. Larry…
