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Byline: John Penney Sep. 7NEW LONDON The city flaunted its nautical credentials on Saturday with pirate cosplayers, a tall ship tour and a little revenge theater courtesy of a night-time [...]

Byline: Eric Russell Jul. 24Officials from six separate island communities are asking Gov. Janet Mills to intervene in a workforce crisis that has disrupted ferry service to and from the [...]

Byline: Aislinn Sarnacki Jul. 20Located 10 miles off the coast, Monhegan is a place that's so picturesque it's hard to believe it's real. The island is as magical as Neverland, [...]

Byline: Sara Coughlin Jul. 4Repeated ferry cancellations caused by staffing shortages at the Maine State Ferry Service are frustrating residents of the Penobscot Bay islands. The service which runs seven [...]

Byline: Jeff Richgels Jun. 14The Merrimac Ferry reopened Friday morning after closing late Thursday night when a drunken driver crashed into the water near the south bank and injured a [...]

Byline: Charles Eichacker May 30The Maine State Ferry Service is warning that some more trips between Vinalhaven and Rockland will be canceled in the coming weeks because of difficulties finding [...]

Byline: Aislinn Sarnacki May 10This story was originally published in May 2023. The wooden railroad ties were covered in moss and fallen leaves, their edges softened by time and the [...]

Byline: John Penney May 4--NEW LONDON -- When it comes to traffic flow, it doesn't get much more complicated than a downtown intersection that must take into account cars, buses, [...]

Byline: Hannah LaClaire Apr. 25Visitors to Peaks Island and the other Casco Bay islands may experience a bit of sticker shock this summer. The Casco Bay Island Transit District voted [...]

Byline: Hannah LaClaire Apr. 25Visitors to Peaks Island and the other Casco Bay islands may experience a bit of sticker shock this summer. The Casco Bay Island Transit District voted [...]

Byline: Hannah LaClaire Apr. 25Visitors to Peaks Island and the other Casco Bay islands this summer may experience a bit of sticker shock. The Casco Bay Island Transit District voted [...]

Byline: Emma Epperly Mar. 28A Spokane anesthesiologist agreed to resolve a sexual misconduct complaint by completing classes and notifying patients. Dr. Michael C. Ferries was accused of groping the breast [...]

Byline: Emma Epperly Mar. 27A Spokane anesthesiologist stipulated to sexual misconduct with one patient and agreed to complete classes and notify patients. Dr. Michael C. Ferries was accused of groping [...]

Byline: Kelley Bouchard Nov. 29Maine will receive a $7.1 million federal grant to modernize the Lincolnville and Islesboro ferry terminals to accommodate a new hybrid-electric ferry that will reduce pollution [...]

Byline: Elizabeth Regan Nov. 3NEW LONDON The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration on Friday announced a $1.6 million award to save dolphins in the city harbor. It's probably not [...]

Byline: Aislinn Sarnacki May 6The wooden railroad ties were covered in moss and fallen leaves, their edges softened by time and the slow work of nature. Lying across the trail [...]

Byline: Megan Gray Jan. 27Three hundred bridge projects. More than 3,000 miles of paving. A long-awaited connector for the Eastern Trail. Hybrid ferries. The Maine Department of Transportation outlined plans [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Jan. 20The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed a 38-page statement on behalf of nine environmental groups concerned about a proposal to more than double the number [...]

Byline: Seth Boster Jan. 4Colorado's longest-running ski area has opened a new attraction. Tubing is now available not far from Howelsen Hill's legendary, Olympian-molding ski jumps. A 'thrilling course and [...]

Byline: Sean D. Elliot Aug. 16Marine traffic on the Thames Monday included an outbound U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine and ferries from Cross Sound Ferry. ___ (c)2022 The Day (New London, [...]

Byline: Abigail Curtis Jul. 7LINCOLNVILLE, Maine Islesboro mariner Peter Willcox spent 38 eventful, sometimes-harrowing years working as a sea captain for the environmental activist organization Greenpeace. But this week, he [...]

Byline: Sarah Gordon Jun. 21Swimmers jump off the dock at Guthrie Beach as ferries and a submarine move through the mouth of the Thames River in New London on Monday, [...]

Byline: Peter Huoppi and Rick Koster Jun. 12Nowhere in his autobiographical novels did Thomas Wolfe write about the joys of salt-sparkled sea air. Or summers as a kid at a [...]

Byline: Gillian Graham May 27Four ferry trips between Rockland and Vinalhaven will not run this weekend, the Maine Department of Transportation announced Friday. The trips on the Maine State Ferry [...]

Byline: Erin Middlewood Apr. 29At just about every spot where a bridge spans the Columbia today, ferries once plied the river. Between Puget Island and Westport, Ore., one still does. [...]

Byline: Will Campbell Apr. 28A proposed ferry service in Portland and Vancouver called Frog Ferry hit financial trouble, but it will continue to pursue its project. The Portland City Council [...]

Byline: Peter McGuire Apr. 28A funding dispute between public transit agencies in Greater Portland has sidelined an $8 million federal relief package that would fund a nine-month, partial public bus [...]

Byline: Will Campbell Apr. 28A proposed ferry service in Portland and Vancouver called Frog Ferry hit financial trouble, but it will continue to pursue its project. The Portland City Council [...]

Byline: Christopher Burns Apr. 20Travelers passing through Bangor International Airport no longer need to wear masks. That comes after U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle on Monday struck down [...]

Byline: Peter McGuire Apr. 19Public transportation agencies in southern Maine reacted quickly Tuesday to a federal judge's ruling striking down a masking requirement on passenger trains, buses, airplanes and taxis. [...]

Mar. 10AMMAN Minister of Transport Wajih Azaizeh on Thursday participated in the 78th Arab Bridge Maritime's (AMB) meeting in Cairo, which was attended also by Egyptian and Iraqi ministers of [...]

Byline: Bill Trotter Feb. 17Bar Harbor will start the process of removing parts of the decrepit pier at the ferry terminal, but still has to decide how it eventually will [...]

Byline: Abigail Curtis Dec. 30Private landowners want to build a 300-foot recreational pier off their oceanfront property in Lincolnville, a proposal that has some members of the community seeking to [...]

Byline: David Collins Sep. 4I don't ever remember seeing so much unallocated federal money sloshing around state and municipal systems, more, really, than anyone knows exactly what to do with. [...]

Byline: Erin Middlewood Aug. 22My family loves visiting San Juan Island, and not just for its rugged beauty. It has interesting connections to Vancouver, even though it takes at least [...]

Byline: David Patch May 29PORT CLINTON Wind-driven water flooded the streets of Point Place and Port Clinton on Friday, prompting the latter's mayor to declare a state of emergency, while [...]

Byline: Tux Turkel May 25A $1 million battery next to the Casco Bay Lines terminal in Portland could help charge a new hybrid diesel-electric ferry when it goes into service [...]

Byline: Dennis Hoey Apr. 12A new state ferry, with enough capacity to carry 250 passengers and 23 vehicles, was launched late last week off the coast of Maine, marking the [...]

Byline: Peter McGuire Mar. 31The Maine state ferry terminal in Rockland was closed Wednesday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The temporary closure is preventative, the Maine Department of [...]

Byline: Edward D. Murphy Feb. 3The ferry service connecting Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia has been canceled for the third year in a row. A notice on the Bay Ferries [...]

Byline: Matt Markey Nov. 22SOUTH BASS ISLAND Growing up in a world surrounded by water, Meredith Engel developed a deep affinity for boats, ships, the ferry line that serves the [...]

Byline: Greg Smith Oct. 31NEW LONDON Cross Sound Ferry announced this week it was adding another layer of safety to ease concerns of ferry passengers during the coronavirus pandemic. It [...]

Byline: Dennis Hoey Aug. 06-- Aug. 6--More than 180 Portland High School seniors participated in the school's first ever drive-in graduation Wednesday night, walking one by one from their vehicles [...]

Byline: Tom Henry July 06-- Jul. 6--PUT-IN-BAY -- All ferry passengers going to and from Put-in-Bay or Middle Bass Island and the mainland docks in Port Clinton and Catawba Island, [...]

Byline: David Collins June 23-- Jun. 23--I turned up over the weekend for the seasonal start of fast ferry service from New London to Block Island, to check on passenger [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson June 20-- Jun. 20--Officials with the National Park Service continue to take a phased approach to reopening Cumberland Island National Seashore. Visitors are allowed on the island, [...]

Byline: Peter McGuire June 12-- Jun. 12--The state has removed online guidance that out-of-state visitors should receive a negative COVID-19 test before using public transportation, taking the step a day [...]

Byline: Peter McGuire June 11-- Jun. 11--Out-of-state visitors should show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before using Maine public transportation, including island ferries, according to updates to the state's [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson June 04-- Jun. 4--Robert Clapp had his summer dream vacation plans until the COVID-19 outbreak forced him to cancel his reservations in mid March. His plans included [...]

Byline: David Collins May 02-- May 2--It was interesting to see Old Lyme officials lay down an early beach closing order in response to predictions of good weather this weekend. [...]