Rick Frantz and Jennifer Fox are part of Portland’s vibrant waterfront scene. They own Andy’s Old Port Pub on Commercial Street, and they take the ferry home each night to Great Diamond Island. Casco Bay is literally their backyard. 

Salt marshes are disappearing. Scientists, who say these tidal wetlands are critical components of coastal environments, have been sounding the alarm for years.

“It’s clearly put the Maine lobster industry at a disadvantage compared to Canada.” —Patrice McCarron

The consensus to purchase the property outright came as a surprise to the committee.

With the new engine, Glover’s fuel is consumption down 10 percent to 12 percent.

The documentary film The Smog of the Sea chronicles a one-week journey of citizen scientists on a mission to assess the fate of plastics in the world’s oceans.

Marine patrol officers Jonathan Varnum (left) and Alex Hebert (right) recently graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.

The grants are financed by the marine economy and jobs bond approved by voters in 2014.

He was obliged to scour ship chandleries up and down the coast for scarce fittings…