Castine News

Different day, different river, course, partner and race... Still, it was the same result for Jeff Owen.

We are getting reports that their are some flooded roads in the town Castine. Also the intersection of Route 3 and West Street in Bar Harbor is flooded.

'It was sure nice to be home!' MMA training ship State of Maine returns to Castine after 60-day cruise Maine Maritime Academy junior Andrew Joy of New Gloucester embraces his girlfriend, Bryanna Jensen, and their 2-week-old son, Cooper, as Joy meets his son for the first time upon his return with the school's training ship, the State of Maine, ...

Owls Head State Park This park has great walking/hiking trails and a cute little beach.

Thanks to the BDN for publishing two recent articles honoring Native Americans. The first highlighted World War II veteran and Penobscot elder Charles Shay's contributions and sacrifices as a young medic in Normandy.

Maine Maritime Academy junior Andrew Joy embraces his girlfriend Bryanna Jensen and two-week-old son Cooper as he meets his son for the first time upon his return with the school's training ship, the State of Maine, which arrived in Castine after a 60-day training cruise Saturday, June 27, 2009.

Charles Shay caught his first glimpse of France over the side of a World War II landing craft during the first wave of the Allied invasion of France on D-Day 65 years ago.

CAMDEN : All towns could argue a oeuntil the cows come homea about who was the first settler.

10 years ago a ' 1999 Don't go pahkin at the quarry! From the police log of the June 10 edition: "FRANKFORT a ' An Old Town woman reported that her vehicle was burglarized on Monday night while it was parked on the road to the Frankfort quarry.

BELFAST : Belfast Bay Cruises and the Good Return are nearly ready to cruise on the bay.

ROCKLAND : For as long as Tom Crane can remember, he's wanted to be in the Coast Guard.

There's a new general store in town. But it's a very old store. The Penobscot Historical Society is busy adding the final touches to its restoration of the building which was built sometime around 1841 and served as a general store and post office for a number of years.

WINTERPORT : Kyle McCrum of Winterport was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Maine Army National Guard.

ORONO : The public is invited to an international conference called "Loyalism and the Revolutionary Atlantic World," to be held Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 4-7, at the University of Maine and in Castine.

The May 16-17 BDN included the latest color brochure from the Maine Office of Tourism, "Authentic Maine Staycation." If folks from Rockport to Stonington and Castine are wondering why their business is not mentioned, look at the brochure and then directly to the Maine Office of Tourism.

BLUE HILL : The Leighton Gallery, at 24 Parker Point Road in Blue Hill, opens the first show of its 29th year with an opening reception, Sunday, May 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Be prepared for a feast of the senses after this long winter.

The State of Maine cast off its lines and headed down Penobscot Bay on Monday morning, on its way once again for the annual training cruise.

Replacement manifold parts for the engine of the State of Maine arrived at the ship Monday, but it appears the Maine Maritime Academy training vessel will remain at Searsport for several more days.

Students and crews continued to work on repairing the engine on the Maine Maritime Academy training ship on Thursday and could have the vessel ready to leave port by Sunday.

The state of Maine not only competes with New Hampshire and its other New England neighbors for new businesses, but the entire world.