Alvin Beal of Jonesport, Maine, will be posthumously awarded the Coast Guard Certificate of Valor in Jonesport, on Friday, March 8, 2013. Senator Susan Collins will join Rear Admiral Daniel Abel, commander, 1st Coast Guard District, to present the...

The Coast Guard rescued two men and a boy from a life raft after their fishing vessel caught fire approximately 15 miles east of Jonesport, Maine, Thursday. Watchstanders at Sector Northern New England received a relayed 911 call from...

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Moray rescued an entangled sea turtle approximately 1 mile south of Great Duck Island, Maine, at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 8. While conducting a routine boarding of a fishing vessel, Moray crewmembers...

Bangor Daily News reports that the Moose Peak Lighthouse, off Jonesport, Maine, in Washington County, will be put up for auction by the federal government. Built in 1851 and now automated with a solar-powered light and fog horn, the...

The Coast Guard medically evacuated a fisherman 12 miles south of Jonesport, Maine, at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a 911 relay at 9:25 a.m. from the 41’ fishing vessel Sandy Rose,...

New York Times: The tiny towns of Beals and Jonesport, Maine, have completed their second annual holiday display: a conical tower of 1,364 lobster traps, 60’ tall, built to withstand the powerful winds that come off the water. It...

The Coast Guard has presented a 9-year-old Jonesport, Maine, boy with the Coast Guard’s Certificate of Valor for heroic action. Congressman Michael Michaud and Capt. James McPherson, commander of Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, presented the certificate to...

WorkingWaterfront.com reports on rockweed harvesting on the Jonesport, Maine, waterfront: Jonesport poundkeeper Sid Look has always done a little of this and a little of that. In addition to his lobster business, he harvests cranberries from his cranberry bogs...