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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Maine biologists seek data on trout population
FAIRFIELD — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is preparing to release some 2,000 brown trout into the Kennebec River as part of a study of trout populations in a stretch of the waterway. The Morning Sentinel reports that state biologists asked for input from local fishermen during a meeting in Fairfield on […]
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Maine to study brown trout in Kennebec River
MADISON — Maine officials are hoping a new study will help restore the brown trout fishery on the Kennebec River. A Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologist says competition for food and habitat among fish populations in the river has stunted growth of the trout. The Portland Press Herald reports next week, the department […]
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N.H. woman injured rafting on Kennebec River
THE FORKS (AP) — A New Hampshire woman needed treatment at a Maine hospital after a rafting accident on the Kennebec River. The Maine Warden Service said 52-year-old Patricia Guevin of Kingston, N.H., suffered head and facial injuries when she fell into the water early Sunday afternoon in an area of the river in The […]
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Kennebec River boat explosion injures 2 women
GARDINER — Two couples from Oakland escaped major injury Friday morning when the boat they were riding in exploded on the Kennebec River. Sgt. Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said the explosion occurred in the engine compartment of the 23-foot boat. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., Vickie and Jeffrey Massey and Liliane and […]