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...

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,...

Travel writer Everett Potter interviews Capt. Barry King of the Camden-based schooner Mary Day in his travel blog. Here’s an excerpt: It’s a scene that evokes a 19th century painting: a tall-masted ship is sailing past fir-covered islands off...

Portland Press Herald: The Maine Warden Service dive team has recovered the bodies of 2 men whose snowmobiles crashed through ice on Rangeley Lake last winter. Spokesman Doug Rafferty said the dive team used side-scan sonar to locate the...

Seacoast Online: As the value of American eels skyrockets, some unscrupulous fishermen have been tempted by the thousands of dollars they might make in a good day’s fishing to circumvent the law, which says almost no one in the...

Did you know that Maine has designated certain bodies of water where kids 15 and under can fish? Here, Emily MacCabe of the Maine Dept. of Inland Fish & Wildlife focuses on the Wilson Stream youth fishing area: “A...

Portland Press Herald: Acadian redfish is being featured at Maine restaurants and retailers for the next 10 days as part of an initiative to promote underutilized seafood species in the Gulf of Maine. Sixteen restaurants from Ogunquit to Bar...

Working Waterfront: The ferry Margaret Chase Smith, which services Islesboro from Lincolnville, is expected to be in service for another decade or so. But a grant from the federal government will allow the state Department of Transportation to...

Boothbay Harbor is what many people imagine when they think of a Maine coastal town. Yes, there are plenty of rugged wooden wharves and working lobsterboats, but these days the harbor also sees its share of million-dollar luxury yachts....

Portland Press Herald: Divers returned empty-handed from their first dive Thursday after resuming their search for 3 snowmobilers missing in Rangeley Lake since winter. The search by the Maine Warden Service began Tuesday with the use...