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Boaters Donate Funds for Edgartown Rescue Boat
MVTimes.com: The Edgartown police and fire departments asked selectmen Monday to accept a gift of $116,764 from local benefactors to equip a new rescue and response boat. Under the town’s bylaws, selectmen must vote to accept...
Right Whale and Calf Faring Well in Cape Cod Bay
CapeCodOnline: A North Atlantic right whale mother and calf are in cold, stressful conditions off the coast of Plymouth Harbor, scientists said Tuesday. But the good news is that 32-year-old Wart and what is believed to be her 7th...
Schooner Ernestina Makes Most-Endangered List
The schooner Ernestina, currently berthed in New Bedford, Massachusetts, has been selected as one of the 10 most endangered historic ships in 2012, according to The Fydeye Guides, a website devoted America’s maritime history, lighthouses, and historic ships. You...
Piscassic Greenway, NH, Gains 59 Acres
SeacoastOnline: The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership and Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire announced Thursday the acquisition of 59 acres of wetland, stream frontage and wildlife habitat as an addition to the popular Piscassic Greenway. The...
Bristol, CT, Seeks to Stabilize Pequabuck River Bank
Dredging Today: The city of Bristol is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with stabilizing 2 river banks damaged by...
Newport Cliff Walk Needs $8 Million in Repairs
Providence Journal: To show why one of most popular attractions is still damaged more than 2 months after superstorm Sandy ravaged the coast, Robert Power begins a walking tour at a sign at the end of Marine...
Alvin Submersible Gets Refit
Boston Globe: Launched during the Space Age and overshadowed by missions to the moon, the deep-diving submersible known as Alvin has nonetheless racked up an impressive list of explorations over more than 40 years of plying the world’s oceans....
North Shore, MA, Boating Course Offered
The Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 38 will be conducting a 10-week Boating Skills & Seamanship Course at Pentucket Regional Middle School in West Newbury, Massachusetts. The course begins on Tuesday, February 5, and will run Tuesday nights from 6:45...
Portsmouth Harbor Dredging Scheduled for February
Dredging Today: Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Company was awarded an $878,000 contract on December 27, 2012, for maintenance dredging at Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River in Maine and New Hampshire. The project was awarded and will be managed...
Newburyport, MA, May Expand Waterfront Facilities
Newburyport News: A new vision for the future of the east end of the municipal waterfront emerged this week when Harbor Commission announced its interest in doubling the size of the harbormaster’s office to include bathrooms, showers and...
