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  • Launching airboat
    August 7

    Airboats find a home in Maine waters

    Long a staple for the swamps of the South, airboats are now finding their way into Maine waters.

    Media

  • August 5

    Maine Boat & Home Show showcases state’s best boats

    Whether it’s to look at a boat or to buy one (or just spend a nice day out on the waterfront), the Maine Boat & Home Show, on the Rockland waterfront August 9-11, is the place to be.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • Renny Stackpole
    July 30

    The dirty details of whaling’s glory days

    “Whaling required intensive skills—chasing, harpooning and killing the whale…”

    Media

  • Hank Berg at CBL
    July 30

    Casco Bay Lines responds to booming bay, city

    Portland’s waterfront is booming—new hotels, restaurants, pubs, a marina—so it’s no wonder the ferry serving Casco Bay’s islands is responding to that activity, says Hank Berg.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Cranberry Report
    July 30

    Islanders and the shame of baggage

    Oh, how we islanders long to drive our cars directly from the grocery store to our houses.

    Barbara Fernald

    Media

  • The museum's exhibit space.
    July 18

    When ships don’t make it to port

    About 1,300 vessels have wrecked off Maine’s coast in recorded history…

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

  • Ghost crab pots
    July 18

    Delaware researchers uncover ‘ghost’ crab pot problem

    Researchers estimated that a single abandoned pot had the potential to catch 50 blue crabs.

    Craig Idlebrook

    Media

  • Bucksport
    July 16

    Bucksport’s not-so-overnight transformation

    Post-mill Bucksport has participated in three significant planning efforts in the past four years…

    Media

  • The W. H. Witherle & Co. dock and salt storage building in Castine. Research suggests the casks are filled with salt. PHOTO: COURTESY NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
    July 16

    Castine’s ‘Risky Business’ explores another side of town’s history

    In addition to building ships, Castine was the center of Penobscot Bay’s fishing industry from the early 1800s through the Civil War,

    Tom Groening

    Media

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