Quoddy Tides
WEBContact. Tel. (207) 853-4806 Fax 853-4095. September 13, 2024. BRAILING MACKEREL into barrels from a stop seine near Shackford’s Cove, Eastport, on September 4 are crews from Miss Meliss Enterprise, owned by Earl Small, and the purse seiner Burton G., run by Darren Turner. The shut-off yielded 19 barrels of fish that were sold for lobster bait.
Quoddy Tides
WEBWith would be pirates about to descend on Eastport, the knots of fiction versus fact can be hard to untangle. There is a rich and documented history of smuggling around Passamaquoddy Bay, but real life pirates visiting the region are still a matter of stories of buried treasure, like that from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.The treasure is said to be buried deep somewhere along the ...
Local observations sought to assess flooding along coast
WEBIdeally, GRMI is hoping that observations will be made at each site a few times a year, particularly during flood events or king or high tides, Sun said. It's also important to make observations during calm days, as these serve as important comparisons. Lubec residents in attendance at the meetup responded favorably to the effort.
Historic surfboat seeks its next chapter - quoddytides.com
WEB5 days ago · Commander Dring is considered an expert on surfboats. He retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve after 27 years of active and reserve duty service on board destroyers and frigates. "Very few of these wooden surfboats survive today," says Dring. "For the Type SR motor surfboat, of the total of 318 boats built over the years 1934 to 1957, only about ...
Tidal power barrage revived in new proposal for Pembroke
WEBApril 12, 2024 (Home) The Pennamaquan River in Pembroke is once again being proposed as the site of a tidal barrage to create electric power, with a new name but with a similar design to one proposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by Halcyon Tidal Power and the subsidiary Pennamaquan Tidal Power LLC …
Princess cruise ship passengers enchanted by hospitality of city
WEB5 days ago · Eastport proved to be a winning suitor for the Enchanted Princess cruise ship, following a sun-kissed rendezvous of shop owners and residents with the guests from the Love Boat-themed cruise who filled the downtown on September 3. The largest cruise ship to visit Eastport, at 1,082 feet, with nearly 3,500 passengers and over 1,360 crew members, was anchored off the breakwater throughout the ...
Comments sought on proposed ATV trail near Moosehorn refuge
WEB5 days ago · There will be a Zoom meeting on the proposal on Tuesday, September 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and an in person meeting at the YCC building at the Moosehorn on Wednesday, September 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; the public is welcome to attend either meeting to make comments. To submit comments online, visit the aforementioned website or email Nathan ...
Storm delivers hurricane force winds, outages and damage
WEBby Lora Whelan. In the aftermath of the hurricane force wind and rain storm on Monday, December 19, Governor Janet Mills declared a state of civil emergency for 14 Maine counties, including Washington County, with hundreds of thousands of people without power and significant flooding and infrastructure damage, including to the state's federal ...
Timeframe, flooding questions arise after dike plan changes
WEBFollowing the November 7 announcements by the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT) that it was immediately closing part of the Machias dike in preparation of replacing the failing structure and that it was pivoting from a bridge as its preferred replacement option to a dike with fully gated culverts, questions have arisen for Machias residents.
Proposed county budget calls for unprecedented 20% increase
WEBThe proposed Washington County budget calls for an unprecedented hike of almost 20%, with the amount to be raised through taxation of the county's municipalities at $8.68 million, a little less than $1.5 million over the previous year's amount and over $2 million more than the county's 2020 budget.