BoatingLocal friend and unofficial Maine correspondent Capt. Ed Rice of River Run Tours was on scene when the Coast Guard began spring ice-breaking operations on the Kennebec River last week. Rice sent us these great photos of cutters working...

Coast Guard units in Maine are preparing for ice-breaking operations on the Kennebec River, and are advising the public to remove their fish shacks as soon as possible, if safe to do so. “All persons should remove ice-fishing shacks...