July 25, 2013
Front Page Stories
Lobstermen face endline, traps per trawl rules
Reducing the impact of lobster lines on whales and limiting the resulting cost of gear changes to lobstermen will be the subject of hearings being held by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) next month in Maine.
Local businesses realize economic lift from marathon
"The economic effect extended over a 50-mile radius," says Carol Dennison, president of the Cobscook Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, "not just Lubec and Campobello." She surveyed chamber members, many located well outside of Lubec, following the recently concluded Bay of Fundy International Marathon.
Boatloads of whales being seen around bay this summer
Visitors to Grand Manan and the Bay of Fundy are being treated to some excellent whale-watching this summer. While North Atlantic right whales tend to arrive in numbers at the end of July or early August, other species have been here since May.
Two women drown after car goes into water at boat ramp
The bodies of two women were found in their car in waters off Roque Bluffs on Tuesday, July 23, after being the objects of two searches that day. Amy Stiner, 37, of Machias and Melissa Moyer, 38, of Sunbury, Pa.
Calais shooting places focus on domestic abuse
The tragedy of domestic violence hit home in Washington County on July 3 when a 26-year-old Calais man shot 21-year-old Megan Sherrard, the mother of his child, and the infant boy.
SPARRING
SPARRING in preparation for Jeremy Stevens' August 3 mixed martial arts fight in Biddeford are Stevens (right) of Pleasant Point and his coach, Paul Bernard. (Edward French photo)
SEARCHING
SEARCHING for whales on July 21 was the St. Andrews-based schooner Jolly Breeze as it sailed past Head Harbour Lighthouse on Campobello. Large numbers of whales are being spotted in the Bay of Fundy this season. (Don Dunbar photo) Subscribe to Quoddy TidesRates: $30 per year within Washington County $35