Richard Boehmer of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, died peacefully with his family at his side, on November 17, 2011, at the McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich, following a lengthy illness. He was 68. A founder of the Sail Performance Center...

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will hold a public meeting on the Draft Resource Management Plan for Horseneck Beach State Reservation and Demarest Lloyd Memorial State Park, located in southeastern Massachusetts. The meeting will be held...

SouthCoastToday: This fish story may lack the epic qualities of Ernest Hemingway’s 1952 classic “The Old Man and the Sea,” but for New Bedford’s Carlos Rafael, the outcome was about the same. In both cases, despite capturing and bringing...

Some 2 years ago, a large, wooden boat appeared in the boatyard down the street from my house. Fifty-three feet long and bearing the name Sea Star, she had obviously served as a passenger vessel of some type, perhaps...

Gloucester Times: A letter from 109 New England groundfishermen advocating for the regulatory status quo set off a fierce, internecine war of words Friday between haves and have-nots in catch share fishing allocations, leaving the mayors of Gloucester and...

Sea Tow Services International, the world’s largest professional marine assistance organization, honored more than 35 of its franchisees at a gala awards ceremony banquet that capped its 28th Annual Meeting, held November 15 to 17 at the Marriott Sanibel...

Cape Cod Online: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has asked U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson for $21 million in disaster assistance for Massachusetts fishermen who suffered losses in 2010 because of strict new regulations. In his request, Patrick...

SouthCoastToday: Five men went to a watery grave on a December night in 2004 when the 75’ New Bedford scalloper Northern Edge slipped beneath the surface of frigid Nantucket Sound. An independent movie, inspired by the tragic loss, will...

SouthCoastToday: A fuel spill in New Bedford Harbor has stretched from the Fairhaven side to the New Bedford side and cannot be mitigated, according to city officials. Kristin Decas, the Harbor Development Commission’s executive director, said, “It’s not cleanable.”...

Even though winter is bearing down and water temps are plummeting all along the coast, we can still expect some calm, sunny days here in New England. If you’re a moderately experienced to experienced kayaker, such weather affords an...