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Portsmouth, NH, Lighthouse Cruise Fundraiser Portsmouth, NH, Lighthouse Cruise Fundraiser

Join Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening, June 21, for a sunset cruise aboard the M/V Granite State, departing from Rye Harbor on Route 1A in Rye. The cruise will pass close to Portsmouth...

» May 20th, 2013
Man Pulled From Water Off Falmouth Man Pulled From Water Off Falmouth

Cape Cod Online: The man pulled from waters off Megansett Harbor this morning in a “life-threatening condition” is 69 and from Somerville, according to Falmouth police. Police, fire and department of natural resources officials were called to the harbor...

» May 19th, 2013
RI Shellfishermen to Perform Quahog Transplant RI Shellfishermen to Perform Quahog Transplant

EcoRINews: East Bay shellfishermen will conduct a voluntary “dig and dump” quahog transplant from Bristol Harbor to the Bristol transplant bed May 21 from 8:00 a.m.-noon, according to the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Shellfishermen will...

» May 19th, 2013
Missing Boater Found Safe off Fairhaven, MA Missing Boater Found Safe off Fairhaven, MA

The Coast Guard ended its search for a missing boater after he was found safe at approximately 5:50 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at Hoppy’s Landing, on West Island in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods...

» May 18th, 2013
Lifeguard Saves NY Woman Who Drove Car off Dock Lifeguard Saves NY Woman Who Drove Car off Dock

27East.com: Katie Osiecki and John Glennon, who live at Lazy Point in Amagansett, were just getting home from seeing the Jackie Robinson biography, “42,” at the movie theater, at a little after 9:30 p.m. on April 21, when Mr....

» May 18th, 2013
Sailor’s Boat, Body Found in Mattapoisett, MA Sailor’s Boat, Body Found in Mattapoisett, MA

On Wednesday, May 15, Mattapoisett harbormasters responded to a call that a sailboat had grounded on a sandbar east of Ned’s Point. Upon arriving on scene, responders found a sailboat hard aground with its sails intact, but no one...

» May 17th, 2013
Body of Boater Found in West Grand Lake, ME Body of Boater Found in West Grand Lake, ME

Portland Press Herald: Maine game wardens have found the body of a boater who went missing after a crash Wednesday on an eastern Maine lake. Vincent J. Bartolomeo, 65, of Old Orchard Beach, was recovered in 28’ of water...

» May 17th, 2013
Sailor Rescued 195 Miles Southeast of Cape Cod Sailor Rescued 195 Miles Southeast of Cape Cod

The Coast Guard rescued a sailor from his disabled vessel approximately 195 miles southeast of Cape Cod at 7:18 a.m. Thursday, May 16. Watchstanders at the First Coast Guard District command center received a distress call from an emergency...

» May 17th, 2013
New Fuel-Efficient Lobster Boat Studied New Fuel-Efficient Lobster Boat Studied

Working Waterfront: Lobster boat designs were as different as the Maine harbors in which the boats floated in the early 20th century. But by mid-century, those competing designs blended into the easily recognized, now classic, modern Maine lobster boat,...

» May 17th, 2013
3 Rescued from Sinking Boat off Hyannis, MA 3 Rescued from Sinking Boat off Hyannis, MA

CapeCodOnline: Three men thought Wednesday’s sunny skies would make for a pleasant day of fishing, but their 21’ boat couldn’t handle whipping winds and high seas and they had to be rescued from their sinking vessel. The 21’ boat...

» May 17th, 2013