Lubec News

Divers with the Maine Marine Patrol were unsuccessful Saturday in their search in Cobscook Bay for the remains of the two urchin fishing boats that sunk there.

When three urchin fishermen died two weeks ago when their boat sank in Cobscook Bay , it was the second tragedy in the bay in seven months.

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hydrographic survey team is in Maine on Monday, Nov.

TERRY DICKSON/The Times-Union Dan Cox uses duct tape to make a temporary repair to his wife Bethany's kayak, which had a leak.

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Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen LUBEC, Maine - The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two urchin fishermen missing after their boat went down in Cobscook Bay in eastern Maine near the Canadian border.

LUBEC a ' The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Wednesday morning in Cobscook Bay for the missing sea urchin dragger Bottom Dasher after it was reported overdue at 10 p.m. Tuesday evening.

A Canadian Defense Force rescue helicopter searches the waters between Lubec and Campobello Island, New Brunswick for three Maine fishermen who were on an urchin boat which was reported missing Tuesday evening.

LUBEC, Maine - The RCMP and a Canadian military helicopter are involved in a search off the coast of Maine for the crew of an American fishing boat.

Three urchin fishermen from eastern Maine are missing and their boat is believed to be sunk in Cobscook Bay.

On the waters of Cobscook Bay this week, fishing boats are abundant: 23 boats in the water by dawn Monday.

The term comes from scuttle - to cut a hole in - and butt - a large cask. Sailors would gather about the cask and trade stories and gossip, much like modern office workers do at the water cooler or coffee pot.

Tuesday was Stewardship Day at Cobscook Community Learning Center , and the air was filled with the sounds of hammers, saws, machinery and the smell of fresh paint.

People from all over the North America attended this years 2nd International Lighthouse Challenge, 'Lights Across the Border,' that took place September 12 at West Quoddy Head and Lubec Channel lighthouses in Lubec, Mulholland and Head Harbour lighthouses on Campobello Island and Little River Lighthouse in Cutler.

A conservative public policy group says Maine's new tax law is unconstitutional.

BANGOR, Maine a ' A Canadian man made his first appearance Monday in U.S. District Court on charges of smuggling 104 oxycodone pills into the country in his body.

HEAD HARBOUR PASSAGE, New Brunswick, - The passengers aboard the Bandero, a whale-watching boat out of Wilson's Beach, Campobello Island, were quick to spot the first whale.

CAMDEN : JoAnne C. Houlsen is September's Artist of the Month at the downtown Camden Public Library.

When Bill Svanoe and Joan Darling begin teaching their Stage and Screen workshops at River Tree Arts next week they won't have a long commute.

The public is invited and encouraged to participate in the 2nd annual 'Lights Across the Border' International Lighthouse Challenge that will be held on Saturday September 12.