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Nov 21, 2009 | Village Soup

Scuttlebutt

According to the Web site wordorigins.org, "Scuttlebutt is an early 19th century nautical term for an open cask of water kept on deck for use by the crew.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Nature Publishing Group

Giving microbial diversity a home

David Emerson and Willie Wilson are at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04575, USA.

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Tue Jul 14, 2009

VillageSoup

Comments due on scallop closures

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : The Department of Marine Resources is holding hearings on the proposed 70-day scallop harvesting season, divided into two 35-day segments for 2009-2010, and nine conservation closures.

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Fri Jul 10, 2009

VillageSoup

How might global ocean changes alter Gulf of Maine?

WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR : Biological oceanographer Dr. David Townsend of the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences will lead a discussion "Our Changing Oceans: Local Effects in the Gulf of Maine" at Bigelow Laboratory's CafA© Scientifique gathering 6-7 p.m. Tuesdy, July 14, in The Opera House at 86 Townsend Ave.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

American Journal

Orange lobster just 1 in 30 million

RAYMOND : At first glance, it looks like a boiled lobster somehow made it off a dinner plate and back into the tank.

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