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Knitting knots fishermen and women's social network 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
This is the story of how I became a knitter and made friends on Swan's Island. As you may be able to guess from the fact that those stories are one and the same, I am not the island cool kid. There wa...
Maine Maritime wants to do R&D for tidal power 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
CASTINE — Rick Armstrong, executive director of the Tidal Energy Demonstration and Evaluation Center (TEDEC) at Maine Maritime Academy, is getting a number of international visitors these days. They s...
Performance of 'On the Edge' features Dennis Damon 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
On the Edge, a one-act performance art play will be presented in two performances at 8 p.m. on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31 at The Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. The play, written by Eva Murray of Mat...
New pier work funded in Gouldsboro 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
GOULDSBORO — Residents may soon have improved waterfront access, thanks to some flexible thinking on the part of state and town officials. At a June 12 town meeting, residents voted to provide partial...
Abandon ship! 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
SEARSPORT — At 2 a.m., 35 miles out to sea, with winter winds howling and water temperatures around 40 degrees, there can be no two more frightening words. On a perfect summer day off the town dock, t...
Repeated hoax distress calls irk Coast Guard 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
PORTLAND — For the last three years, the U.S. Coast Guard has gotten a series of calls from a voice they don't want to hear. It's almost always the same, says Lt. Nick Barrow, who until recently super...
Lobster-freezing facility to open in September 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
BUCKSPORT — If all goes according to plan, there soon will be a new lobster-processing facility just east of the Penobscot River. In July, the city council voted unanimously to dedicate a plot of land...
Islands not immune from bee colony collapse 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
One third of the crops grown in the United States for consumption are pollinated by bees. In Maine alone, the 60,000 acres of blueberry barrens are pollinated almost exclusively by bees, and make up a...
Castine, MMA seek collaboration 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
CASTINE — At first glance, a recent town-and-gown meeting between Castine town officials and officials from Maine Maritime Academy may seem like back-page news. The two sides discussed the possibility...
Bar Harbor or bust -- the voyage of Heron, Part III 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
This is the final part of a three-part series chronicling the journey by Bogart Salzberg from Portland to Mount Desert Island, a challenge inspired by is diagnosis with terminal brain cancer. "High wi...
