I often find myself travelling as part of my fellowship. In fact, a large selling point of the fellowship was the chance to travel to other islands and communities. The work I do includes a number of participating schools, which allows me this opportunity, coupling the excitement of going to another locale with the pleasure
Four marine patrol officers join ranks
Four officers have joined the ranks of the Maine Marine Patrol. Graduating the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement Training Program on Dec. 19 were: Chad Webster of Farmingdale, Richard DerBoghosian Jr. of Greenville Junctio, Charles Tetrau of North Yarmouth and Joseph Booth of Lawton, Okla. Webster will serve in Gouldsboro, Tetrau will serve in Portland
King tide’s reign portends watery future
The Gulf of Maine King Tides project seeks to help residents of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia understand what rising sea levels will do to shorefront communities. On Oct. 9, the region experienced a “king” tide, a term that refers to the highest tides that occur over the course of a
Rough waters tip cement truck on Island Transporter
The private commercial vessel Island Transporter was ferrying a cement truck from Rockland to North Haven on Thursday, Dec. 11, when high waves caused the truck to shift on the deck of the boat and tip onto its side, leaving the vessel listing. The U.S. Coast Guard in Rockland reported that the vessel succeeded in
Use your head? Then rely on kindness of Friends
PORTLAND — In 1995, Friends of Casco Bay bought a boat equipped with a sewage pump-out system, and began offering a mobile pump-out service to recreational and some commercial boats. The service was much needed, said the organization’s citizens steward coordinator, Peter Milholland. “In those days, people weren’t oriented to doing pump-outs,” he said. “They
Moving tugs from sea level to lake level
Every Wednesday, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle, Wash., send the majority of the Western Towboat fleet out to sea. That’s “sailing day” at Western Towboat. The staff at the locks recognizes the company’s blue and yellow stacks that come through every week. It’s a simple operation, despite what people may think. The Panama
Handling barges inspires awe, caution
I could almost hear my father’s jaw clattering on the floor over the phone. He simply didn’t believe me at first—how could an ordinary cargo barge be so enormous? At Maine Maritime Academy, we learn a great deal about cargo on large vessels—ships carrying 16,000 containers or 2 million barrels of oil. But the world
UMaine biologist studies Superstorm Sandy impact on tidal marshes
Monhegan in image and verse
Monhegan Come Again by Richard C. Moore, with foreword by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Pawtuckaway Publishers, 2014. 96 pp. Softbound, $29.95 Island Voices II, Poetry of Monhegan Kennebunk: Stone Island Press, 2014. 52 pp. Softbound, $14.95 This year, the quadricentennial of Captain John Smith’s first visit to Monhegan is being marked and memorialized in many