RAYMOND, Maine (AP) — A Maine lobsterman has caught a rare bright orange lobster, the second time he’s pulled an odd-colored crustacean from state waters. Bill Coppersmith, of Windham, tells the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1MJXgxp ) he was out on the Gulf of Maine on Wednesday when he caught the orange lobster. Robert Bayer, executive director […]
lobster
Posted inLocal Sports
Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl XXVI: Tyler Frost of Dirigo goes out on his terms
While playing for championships in all three sports at Dirigo High School, Frost always had the needle in the red and the volume knob at 11. His tireless blend of power and speed gave the impression that Frost treated every athletic event as if it could be his last. He didn’t have to summon any […]
advertisement
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Local Sports
Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl XXVI: West routs East, 45-21, as local players shine
The West squad turned Leavitt coach Mike Hathaway’s spread offense into a fun-and-gun Saturday night and dominated Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic XXVI, 45-21, before more than 4,000 fans at Waterhouse Field. It was a Class A rout delivered by a heavy rotation of Class B, C and D players. Falmouth quarterback Noah Nelson completed […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Quintarian Brown, Ace Curry still teammates, and both healthy
DOVER-FOXCROFT — If it wasn’t an ankle injury, it was a hamstring injury. If not a pulled hamstring, a strained neck. And if all the bones and tendons were working properly, muscle cramps carried out their debilitating effects. That was Quintarian Brown’s football career at Lewiston High School in one painful paragraph. Or, if you prefer […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Kyle Tervo of Oak Hill unsung, but clearly belongs
Seventy-seven schools played varsity football in Maine this past school year, putting invitations to Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic XXVI at a premium. And Tervo played at Oak Hill, a school that won consecutive Class D football championships with Kyle Flaherty and Alex Mace deservedly earning most of the headlines. With those two locked into […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Maine lobsterman gains some fame for catching 3½-foot lobster
FRIENDSHIP — Ricky Louis Felice Jr. said he hopes that he will encounter again the more-than-3-foot-long lobster he helped haul in two months ago. Felice served as a crew member aboard the lobster boat Big Dipper when on May 20 in offshore waters near Friendship the huge crustacean was pulled aboard in one of the […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Maine lobster prices rise significantly over last summer’s prices
PORTLAND — American lobster prices are rising as the summer fishing season gets off to a slow start in New England. Maine lobstermen and retailers say the summer staple is selling in the $6 or $8 per pound range to consumers. That is an average increase of about $1 to $2 from last year. Lobstermen […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
30,000 pounds of lobster survive Interstate 95 crash
BENTON — Maine state police say a tractor-trailer hauling 30,000 pounds of live lobster overturned in a crash on I-95 in Benton. Troopers say the driver, Horst Puff of Greenfield, Nova Scotia, told them he swerved early Wednesday to avoid striking a car that had spun out in front of him. The truck ended up […]
Posted inBusiness
Fresh lobster led Maine exports for growth in 2014
PORTLAND — Surging lobster prices last year helped turn around two years of decline for the total value of Maine’s exports, which rose about 3.4 percent despite decreases in the value of wood product shipments abroad. Wood products, including paper, still made up a larger share of Maine exports than all fresh and frozen seafood […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Rising lobster prices spur 120 million pound catch for 2014
Maine’s lobster catch brought in an estimated $453 million to fishermen in 2014, an all-time high that was driven by the largest per-pound price increase in more than 50 years. The Department of Marine Resources this week released preliminary catch figures, showing average prices jumped more than 25 percent — to $3.69 per pound — […]