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Tuesday Jul 7 | Bangor Daily News

Silver from the sea

Every day when Ronnie Peacock opens his Maine Coast Sardine History Museum, he blows the factory whistle on the roof.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Bangor Daily News

RED menace

For coastal communities that rely on shellfish harvesting to survive, closures forced by toxic algae blooms - really hits us in the gut' Commercial clam diggers Alan Hutchinson and John Forrester work on the mud flats near the Deer Isle causeway Friday afternoon.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Village Soup

Rockland's fastest sardine packer featured at museum

JONESPORT : Rockland's most famous sardine packer, Rita Willey, now has her own exhibit at the Maine Coast Sardine History Museum in Jonesport.

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Fri May 29, 2009

VillageSoup

COA dedicates wind turbine

MOUNT DESERT : Speaking about the importance of first steps and creating a model for campus sustainability, College of the Atlantic students and faculty dedicated a wind turbine, Wednesday, at the collegea s organic Beech Hill Farm.

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Tue May 26, 2009

WABI-TV Bangor

Without Him, His Grandfather 'Would Have Been a Goner'

A heroic boat rescue off Jonesport means an Addison man is safe tonight. The rescuer -- the man's own 8-year-old grandson.

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Thu May 21, 2009

Bangor Daily News

Jonesport man's body found in surf

BEALS ISLAND, Maine a ' A multi-agency search spearheaded by the U.S. Coast Guard lead to the recovery of a Jonesport man who went missing on Wednesday.

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WMTW-TV Auburn

Man's Body Found Near Sailboat

The body of 60-year-old Jonesport man who went missing after going to check on his moored sailboat has been found in eastern Maine.

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Sat May 16, 2009

Down East

Rent a Dream

Peter and Pamela Mullin were living the dream. In 1986, after a first anniversary at a Machiasport B-and-B, they had decided to build a simple vacation cabin on a hill in Jonesport.

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Mon May 04, 2009

Fly Rod & Reel

New NOAA Online Handbook

A new handbook published online today by NOAA's Fisheries Service gives teachers, community groups, and the public a detailed roadmap of how to design and conduct oral history projects that celebrate the people, history and culture of our nation's coastal and Great Lakes fishing communities.

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Fri May 01, 2009

Down East

15 Small Town Getaways

Step Out in Stonington Stonington is one of those end-of-the-road places that visitors never want to leave once they cross the famously humpbacked bridge from the mainland over Eggemoggin Reach.

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Sun Apr 05, 2009

VillageSoup

Scallop meetings scheduled

ELLSWORTH : The Department of Marine Resources and Scallop Advisory Council are hosting a series of community meetings this month to solicit closure ideas from scallop fishermen who are most familiar with each area.

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Thu Apr 02, 2009

Magic City Morning Star

Old Embers for New Torches: Dangerous

Hollywood has a perverse genius for subverting moral values, and this genius is nowhere more apparent than in its miscasting of characters.

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Wed Mar 11, 2009

United States Coast Guard

March 11, 2009: Coast Guard ends unsafe fishing trip

The Coast Guard sent a fishing crew from Beals, Maine, back to port, Tuesday, because their lobster boat was missing important life-saving equipment while fishing about 17 miles southeast of Jonesport, Maine.

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Sat Mar 07, 2009

Bangor Daily News

Lost Jonesport man found after 3 hours

"doing great..hot as hell in the summer,but great other then that.hear you guys got pounded with " Domtar to idle pulp mill in May "who is this guy kidding? That would be one heck of a flinch! To shoot someone ...

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Thu Feb 12, 2009

Bangor Daily News

Bill to close lobster fishing loophole debated in Augusta

But a Jonesport lobsterman at the center of the dispute said the bill is just the latest attempt by some of his neighbors to harass him and his family.

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Tue Feb 10, 2009

WABI-TV Bangor

Radio Host Saves Womans Life

A syndicated radio host and a concerned Mainer are being credited with helping save the life of a woman Downeast.

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Sun Feb 08, 2009

Boston Herald

Suicidal caller rings close to home

But the way the economy has been tanking, I think it's going to be happening more and more.

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Fri Feb 06, 2009

Free Republic

Distraught woman’s cry for help heard by Howie Carr

Howie Carr does indeed have a heart. The hardboiled WRKO radio host and Herald columnist tried to dissuade a female caller - distraught over the bleak economy - from killing herself, divulging that his own ...

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Sat Jan 10, 2009

Village Soup

Rockport Marine keeps tradition alive

ROCKPORT : Owners of traditional wooden boats looking for design and restoration services need look no further than Rockport Marine.

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Wed Dec 17, 2008

Bangor Daily News

Down East men charged with stealing $18,000

Down East men charged with stealing $18,000 MACHIAS, Maine - Two local men are expected to appear in Washington County Superior Court on Monday, Dec.

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