Portland Press Herald: Four people and two dogs were rescued from the Androscoggin River in Auburn after the engine in their small boat cut out and the craft got caught above Great Falls. What was supposed to be “a...

Gloucester Times: This could be a banner year for the return of alewives to the North Shore. Although we are still early in the run, all indications are that the work being done by a host of different governmental...

NYtimes.com: A police helicopter thundered over a darkened Jamaica Bay in fast pursuit of a boat with no lights and a load of ill-gotten quarry. As the craft ducked and dodged across the water, the airborne officers used night...

Darrell Gilman of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will teach a 10-hour course on boating safely this June (2013) at Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine. The course covers specific laws and regulations, handling boating emergencies, safety practices, navigation...

On Friday, May 17, I traveled to Cape Cod’s Barnstable Harbor to check out a new ecotour operation based at Millway Marina. Barnstable Harbor Ecotours (BHE) was launched in 2012 by local resident (and popular Mattakeese Wharf bartender) Joe...

Portland Press Herald: lawmakers are divided over a proposal to remove penalties for Maine-based groundfishing trawlers that catch lobsters in federally regulated waters. The proposal, L.D. 1549, is designed to ensure that the state’s dwindling groundfishing fleet can...

Category 5, a new Massachusetts-based boat shoe company, is looking to local boaters for support as they work to gain their footing in the shoe industry. According to an article on Boston.com, representatives from the Framingham, Massachusetts, company were...

Residents of Chester and Lyme, Connecticut are asking state Department of Transportation officials to compromise on a proposed fare increase for ferries crossing the Connecticut River. According to LymeLine.com, officials have proposed doubling the fare for the historic Chester-Hadlyme...

BoatUS Magazine has included Portland, Maine in its list of ten great boating towns for retirement. The magazine had this to say about Portland: “Another town with a big-city feel, there’s lots to do on the water and ashore...

Riverhead News Review: A 22-year-old man visiting from North Carolina was rescued from the Peconic River by Riverhead Police and Riverhead Fire Department volunteers Monday night , police said. Police received a 911 call about 9:30 p.m. that a...