Ryan Casey’s video of a great white shark feeding on a whale carcass near…

Editor's Note: On July 22, East Boothbay resident Sally Bullard was at the Seaport to …

On a sunny day with thousands of spectators, East Boothbay resident Sally Bullard christened the Charles W. Morgan.

The event occurred at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn., on July 21…

For Brian Boone, a good time involves pinning himself down with 130 pounds of gear and taking to the water.

Boone, of Nobleboro, put…

The luxury motoryacht Kizbel, once known as Yorel, is in Hodgdon Yachts yard for an interior refit.

For the stunning 83-foot-long yacht, it is a homecoming as she returned…

Due to reports of broken and lost lobster trap tags in the mid-coast and downeast regions, the Maine Department of Marine Resources and the Maine Marine Patrol are asking lobstermen with broken or…

Last week a significant piece of Maine’s maritime history was destined for a warehouse in Boston filled with other “Property of the U.S. Government” items.

But now, thanks to…

Spectrum Generations Coastal, 521 Main Street in Damariscotta is hosting its weekly Lunch and Learn program on Wednesday, July 31 at 11:15 a.m.

There is much going on at the Southport Yacht Club in the next few days. On Friday evening, July 26 there will be another annual beer tasting at 5:30 p.m.

This is the weekend of the Seguin…

During the week of July 15, the Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s community sailing program rolled out its first full week of sailing while enjoying some of Maine’s best summer weather.

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Ever want to know what makes the tides tick?

Or to see what they do to the plants and animals that call the tidal zone home?

Emergency crews were called to the Murray Hill boat landing in East Boothbay on Tuesday, July 23 to help a boat in distress.

Boothbay region sailors brought honor and distinction to the region with many top finishes in various divisions of the Junior Olympics held last week…

On July 15 and 16, Laser, 420 and Opti sailors from the SJYCSF traveled to the Junior Olympic Sailing Festival in Boothbay Harbor.

Sailors participated in two…

The Junior Olympics was an outstanding success thanks to the help of over 60 of our loyal members.

We have two weeks to relax…

Scientists at the Bigelow Laboratory Single Cell Genomics Center (SCGC) in East Boothbay are part of a groundbreaking effort to use DNA sequencing of genomes isolated from single…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is inviting the public to the first summer open house on its new, LEED Platinum Ocean Science and Education Campus at 60 Bigelow Drive in East…

DeBasto Designs and Hodgdon Shipbuilding…

Bigelow Senior Research Scientist Dr. Beth Orcutt and John Skutnik, a research technician from her Deep Biosphere Laboratory are departing East Boothbay on a two-week oceanographic…

Rachael Miller's life changed forever when she took a vacation to Matinicus Island.  A nor’easter had washed piles of trash up along shoreline. Repulsed, Miller said she couldn't…

In keeping with his promise to continue an open line of communications with the lobster industry, Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, will be…

The Boothbay Harbor One Design Association had its opening meeting the evening of June 22 at the Juniper Point Community House.

The BHOD Association…

Two bills signed by Gov. Paul R. LePage in the past week will help the Maine lobster industry take advantage of the recent historic abundance in the fishery.

A research team led by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has discovered that marine microbes are adapted to very narrow and specialized niches in their environment. This may…

While the celebration of Windjammers welcomes a fleet of tall ships to Boothbay Harbor, another unique vessel will be trolling the waterways of the Boothbay region.

Rideout Marine has been hired by the town of Boothbay Harbor to rebuild the red processing building on the pier, which includes putting in pilings and creating a solid cement deck…

Gov. Paul LePage presented Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences with the Maine International Trade Center's (MITC) 2012 Innovator of the Year award during the 33rd annual Maine…

The Maine Marine Patrol would like to remind licensed Maine lobstermen that 2013 lobster trap tags are required to be in traps June 1, 2013. Marine Patrol will be enforcing this…

Although Memorial Day is more than a week away, preparations are underway for the unofficial start of the summer season.

In other…

Although David Stimson gathered over 200 signatures by March 25, his petition to change Boothbay's ordinances to allow boatbuilding in a residential district was not included in…

It was a meeting of firsts on May 2 for the Boothbay Port Committee involving a request for a recreational float and the sale of half a commercial float.

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Local lobstermen are invited to attend an informational meeting on the proposed Maine Lobstering Union at the Dockside Grill restaurant at Cap'n Fish's Motel, Atlantic Avenue,…

When fellow clam diggers asked Wiscasset Shellfish Committee Chairman Donald James if they could work fewer hours seeding clams and doing other conservation work each year, he didn…

Scientists can't say for sure whether there will be a shrimp fishing season here in the Northeast next winter, but they will be discussing the matter at a meeting in Portland on…

Dr. Graham Shimmield, Executive Director and President of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, will be the guest speaker at Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s (LCPRC)…

With a $4 million Department of Energy grant and the approval of the Maine Public Utilities Commission in hand, Statoil is continuing with plans to build a floating pilot wind park…

Local worm diggers will petition the Maine Department of Marine Resources not to permit mud flat leasing.

A group of worm diggers met March 22 at…

Class of 2003 Boothbay Region High School graduate, Karin Marie (Iuzzolino) Paquin, has accepted a position at the Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay Harbor as the lead aquarist…

On March 6, the Boothbay Planning Board granted boatbuilder David Stimson a permit to repair boats, but he will not be allowed to finish building the 50-foot…

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Northern Shrimp Section voted Friday to allow fishing seven days a week in both the trap and trawl fishery…

Gov. Paul R. LePage today announced that the iconic Maine lobster fishery has received the prestigious international Marine Stewardship Council’s Sustainable…

Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Lincoln) has been appointed as one of two members representing the Senate to the Lobster Management Policy Council for the 2013-2014 term…

Pending final accreditation from the federal Food and Drug Administration, Bigelow Laboratory will begin biotoxin testing for shellfish in the state of Maine…

Recently issued 2012 reports for Maine’s commercially harvested marine resources reveal a 10 percent increase in pounds landed and a 20 percent increase in…

Pending final accreditation from the federal Food and Drug Administration, Bigelow Laboratory will begin biotoxin testing for shellfish in the state of Maine…

A brief, unvarnished rant by long-time lobsterman and fishery leader Dave Cousens closed out a session February 28 on ocean acidification at the Maine Fishermen's Forum. It drew applause, but…

UPDATE: The Boothbay Planning Board hearing on Stimson Marine will continue March 6 at 6:30 p.m. After two hours of discussion, the planning…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, which opened a 60,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art science and education campus on the East Boothbay waterfront last month, has achieved…

In response to continuing low catch rates and to improve flexibility and safety, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section has…

Boothbay Harbor fisherman Rusty Brewer is baiting and setting just a portion of his shrimp traps this week, knowing he is working with an even more limited…