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...

The Coast Guard and local agencies continue to monitor vessel salvage efforts today after a fishing vessel caught on fire and grounded in Rockport Harbor near Rockport, MA, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gloucester were notified by Rockport...

Port Harbor Marine, Maine’s largest boat dealer, will hold its annual in-house boat show April 19-21 at all 5 of its locations (South Portland, Kittery, Holden, Raymond and Rockport). Enjoy special pricing and financing on all boats. There will...

Gloucester Times: The shores of Long Beach are largely void of people this time of year, but a second dead whale has now washed up along the town’s shoreline. A small pilot whale, approximately 10 to 15 feet, was...

This past August (2012), Artisan Boatworks of Rockport, Maine, launched the first Herreshoff-designed Buzzards Bay 18 built since 1904. According to Artisan’s Alec Brainerd, only 5 Buzzards Bay 18s were built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company during the winter...

CapeCodOnline: A dead 50’ finback whale first spotted floating in Boston Harbor more than 2 weeks ago has beached more than 30 miles to the north in Rockport, where town officials are trying to figure out what to do...

Gloucester Times: Eighth-graders at Rockport Middle School have been helping NOAA to study water and soil quality in Rockport for the last 4 years. They were continuing the work last Thursday and Friday at Millbrook Park and...

Coast Guard rescue crews are suspending a search today for a 2-year-old girl who went missing near Rockport, Mass. The girl, Caleigh Anne Harrison, went missing Thursday at 12:25 p.m. Coast Guard crews worked with local authorities to cover...

Authorities are continuing to search a Rockport, Massachusetts beach for a little girl who has been missing since Thursday, according to an article in the Boston Herald. Caleigh Anne Harrison, who is 2 years, 9 months old, was last...

U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for a missing three year-old girl near Rockport, Mass., Thursday. Coast Guard crews are working with local authorities to locate the missing girl. Boston watchstanders received notification that the girl went missing near...