SOUTH PORTLAND — U.S. Coast Guard officials may launch a statewide outreach effort after the installation of a new foghorn trigger system at Goat Island Light off Cape Porpoise caused a tempest of complaints. Goat Island Light is one of seven Maine lighthouses at which a radio-controlled foghorn system has been installed, and the Coast […]
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Celebration of Maine’s signature seafood kicks off Wednesday
ROCKLAND (AP) — It’s time for lobster lovers to get their bibs out. The 67th annual Maine Lobster Festival kicks off Wednesday in Rockland with five days of festivities that celebrate the state’s signature seafood. The festival event draws about 100,000 visitors who put away more than 20,000 pounds of lobster. Besides lobster, the festival […]
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BIW to begin work on Coast Guard cutters
PORTLAND — Bath Iron Works and two other shipyards have been given the green light to proceed with design work on an offshore patrol cutter for the Coast Guard. Two other shipbuilders protested the fixed-cost contract that went to Bath Iron Works, Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana and Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. in Florida. The Coast […]
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Weird Wicked Weird: Now you sea it, now you don’t; Maine’s long history of sea serpent sightings
A little more than 100 years ago, an enterprising Old Orchard Beach businessman charged curiosity-seekers 10 cents each to see the bones of a sea serpent that had washed ashore. The attraction spawned a short book and the not-immodest declaration that said serpent was the “Eighth Wonder of the World” with “eyes as large as […]
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Storm delays Coast Guard ice-breaking on Kennebec River
PORTLAND (AP) — A powerful storm that’s churning up the ocean has forced the Coast Guard to delay ice-breaking operations in Maine. The Coast Guard said the annual spring operation on the Kennebec River was postponed from Wednesday until Thursday because of the storm that’s packing hurricane-force winds off the coast. The operation, which is […]
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Coast Guard to begin breaking ice on Kennebec River
PORTLAND (AP) — Spring is getting its official welcome in Maine from the Coast Guard breaking up winter ice. Tugs boats are scheduled Wednesday to tackle winter ice in the main channel of the Kennebec River from Merrymeeting Bay to the town of Gardiner. Opening the channel to prevent flooding from melting snow is a […]
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BIW is finalist for Coast Guard cutter design
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s Bath Iron Works is one of three finalists in a design competition for a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. BIW was one of eight shipyards that submitted proposals for the design of the vessel. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Coast Guard on Tuesday narrowed the selection to […]
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Coast Guard, Maine DEP at scene of oil spill in Damariscotta River
SOUTH BRISTOL — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, Maine Marine Patrol and Lincoln County hazardous materials team are at the scene of an oil spill in the Damariscotta River in the village of Walpole in South Bristol. The Maine DEP was notified at approximately 9 a.m. Friday that a barge at […]
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Coast Guard searching for sailboat near Pemaquid
BRISTOL, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching near Bristol, Maine, after getting a report about of people in the water and a possible boat in distress. The Coast Guard says a helicopter and vessels on water were actively searching Friday morning. Petty Officer Matthew Couling said the search began with a 911 call […]
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Coast Guard rescues Addison lobsterman from flooding boat
JONESPORT — A 50-year-old Addison commercial lobsterman was rescued by the Coast Guard after his boat got tangled in a mooring line Sunday morning. The man, whose name was not released, was attempting to bring the “Just N Time” to Sawyer Cove to secure it during the storm, when the propeller became tangled in the […]