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May 13
Michaud wins ‘officer of the year’
Maine Marine Patrol Officer Alex Michaud received the 2024 Maine Lobstermen’s Association Officer of the Year Award during the Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport in early March. The award is presented to a Marine Patrol Officer who has demonstrated outstanding service in support of the lobster industry. Michaud, who joined the service in 2017, serves in the St. George-Warren area.…
May 13
Feds provide funds for Lincolnville terminal
Sen. Susan Collins announced that the Maine Department of Transportation will receive a grant award of $7.1 million through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Service for Rural Communities Grant…
May 13
Despite regeneration ability, sea stars are dying
Sea stars—and their five heads—face climate threat
Turns out we’ve been looking at starfish all wrong. First, they’re not fish. They belong to a group of marine invertebrates called echinoderms, which also includes sea urchins, sand dollars,…
May 13
What's lurking in the deep Gulf of Maine?
Will cooler water now hold sway after heatwave?
It’s a foggy and rainy May. A little chilly. Today is a good day to talk about ocean temperatures. Across most of the North Atlantic, sea surface temperatures have been…
May 9
COA names new president
Dr. Sylvia Torti succeeds Darron Collins
The College of the Atlantic board of trustees has announced its unanimous selection of Dr. Sylvia Torti as the college's seventh president. Torti, an accomplished writer, ecologist, and innovative academic…
May 9
The passing of a fisheries icon
Frank O’Hara Sr. dies at 91 in Camden
Francis J. O’Hara Sr., president of the O’Hara Corporation, passed away on Aug. 3 at his home in Camden at the age of 91. If there is a name that’s synonymous with Maine’s fishing industry, it’s Frank O’Hara.
May 9
Nazi redux argument left unmade
Many key figures embraced fascism in 1940s
The Nazi government in Germany had clandestine communications with many American Nazi groups, providing cash and propaganda...
May 9
James Croll and sea level rise
A genius janitor was a real-life ‘Good Will Hunting’
“That’s the way it looks from here” was the jaunty sign-off of Lou McNally, Maine Public Radio’s long-time weather forecaster, and we knew a storm was coming. But king tides…
May 9
Despite legal restrictions, rockweed business thrives
Ocean Organics in Waldoboro sells to golf courses, farms
Seaweed has been used as a soil amendment for as long as crops have been grown, with documented use dating to the Roman Empire. In Maine, it was used by…
May 7
Listening led to harbor dredging funds
Frenchboro’s connection to mainland was shoaling
Last month, Sen. Susan Collins secured $500,000 in federal funding to dredge Frenchboro’s Lunt Harbor. The small island eight miles off Mount Desert Island relies on marine transportation and fishing…
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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