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PublishedJuly 26, 2024
Maine awarded $69 million grant to address climate change
Funded through the $575 million Climate-Ready Coasts initiative, Maine's largest ever climate grant will focus on nature-based solutions, shoring up working waterfronts, and building capacity to prepare for climate change.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2024
Working waterfronts from Kittery to Eastport to receive $21.2 million for storm recovery
Gov. Janet Mills announced that 68 Maine working waterfronts will get grants of up to $2 million apiece to aid recovery from catastrophic winter storms.
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PublishedMay 17, 2024
Harpswell landowners settle suit over ownership of small parcel of working waterfront
If the settlement is approved, a new nonprofit called Friends of Barleyfield Point will be buying the land with the intent of keeping it open for public use and commercial fishing.
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PublishedMay 14, 2024
Harpswell resident tries to force sale of historic local waterfront owned by 26 people
John 'Jack' Sylvester wants to buy out the 25 other owners of Barleyfield Point, on Orr's Island, because he says it's mismanaged and deteriorating. The other shareholders are fighting back, saying they fear that Sylvester's purchase could signal the end of another working waterfront in Maine.
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PublishedApril 30, 2024
Maine’s wharf owners scramble to repair what they can before lobstering season starts
Contractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
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PublishedApril 18, 2024
Bill to protect access to working waterfront gets unanimous support from Legislature
The legislation sponsored by Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, was enacted by the Maine Legislature on April 10 and now goes to Gov. Janet Mills' desk.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Young waterfront workers struggle amid rising home prices in Harpswell
While historic cottages that residents' grandparents built continue to be replaced by summer homes, many young community members are forced to move out of town or in with family members.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
January storms leave many working waterfronts in Maine adrift
Back-to-back natural disasters caused significant damage to Maine's coastal infrastructure, leaving some wharf owners to wonder what it will take to rebuild and how they'll pay for it.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2023
Maine seaweed farming conference promotes sustainable growth
International experts share the best ways to promote the $6 billion global industry, including nearly 1 million pounds harvested from the Gulf of Maine.
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