The idea of an ice-locked Portland Harbor is seemingly mythical as Maine experiences warmer winter seasons, but headlines from over a century ago reveal winters that allowed for a trek from Portland to Peaks Island.
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Fisherman dies after falling overboard into Portland Harbor
A nearby Coast Guard crew saw the man fall and pulled him out of the water, but he was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.
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Lobsterman charged after boat collides with tourist schooner near Portland pier
Russell N. Parmenter, 39, of Yarmouth, is charged with operating a watercraft while under the influence, according to police.
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Maine expects another record year for cruise ships
The state’s 12 cruise ship ports are expected to see 658,000 cruise passengers and crew this year.
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Report shows 8% drop in space for marine uses of Portland waterfront
Overall, however, the study concludes that 2010 zoning changes are working as expected to open more waterfront to development while leaving the majority of space available to marine-dependent uses.
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Portland Harbor super yacht gets pushed around by a wind gust
A strong gust of wind nearly set the world’s largest single-masted sailing yacht adrift in Portland Harbor over the weekend. The sudden and powerful wind gust a little after 8:15 a.m. on Saturday caught the broadside of the 277-foot long and 54-foot wide super yacht, which has been docked at DiMillo’s Marina since Sept. 3, […]
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Super yacht docked in Portland Harbor among world’s largest
PORTLAND — The largest single-masted sailing yacht ever built is docked in Portland Harbor and towering over DiMillo’s Marina in the Old Port. Called the M5 and measuring about 277 feet long with a beam 54 feet, the massive pleasure craft arrived Monday, a DiMillo’s employee said. Where it’s headed or who’s aboard has not […]
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Lone Portland passenger study made assumptions, overestimated economic impact
Cruise ship passengers likely spend far less in Portland than generally thought. That’s because some overly optimistic assumptions have been made of the only scholarly passenger study focused on the issue. The 2009 study by University of Maine economists Todd Gabe and James McConnon concluded that the average passenger visiting Portland spent as much as […]
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Long-touted economic benefits of cruise ships far overstated
Second of three parts When the Maasdam, Grandeur of the Seas and Victory I docked nearly simultaneously in Portland on Mother’s Day morning, eastern Commercial Street was a hive of activity. Together the cruise ships had nearly 2,700 passengers aboard. By standard accounting, they supposedly spent a total of nearly $300,000 that day eating, drinking, […]
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Tall ships open to public this weekend
The Coast Guard tall ship USS Eagle heads into Portland harbor Friday morning. The three-masted ship, one of two, is in Portland Harbor this weekend on the 227th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Coast Guard. Known as “America’s Tall Ship,” the Coast Guard’s 295-foot barque USS Eagle docked at Portland’s Ocean Terminal. The Eagle […]