York Harbor News

Monday, November 9, 2009 YORK, Mine - York Art Association will have its small paintings show from Nov/ 13 though Dec.

Ominous gray skies greeted us as we stepped off the ferry at Liberty Island. My husband, stepdaughter and I walked up the dock and got our first up-close glimpse of the Statue of Liberty.

Fire officials say operations at Ellis Island have been widely disrupted by a transformer fire.

On VHF 13: "Look at at that moon!" At 0604h in Bayonne, the moon was a half hidden, huge, beautiful orange glowing ball.

A steady flow of voters cast ballots for various referendums during election day Tuesday at York High School.

The new Navy vessel USS New York , whose bow was built with 7-and-a-half tons of steel from the World Trade Center site, sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson River Monday morning in advance of a commissioning ceremony this Saturday.

In these photo by the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team Boston, Coast Guard Station New York, the New Jersey State Police, New York City Police Department, New York Fire Department, and several tug boats escort the Pre-Commissioning Unit New York as the ship sails into New York Harbor Monday, Nov.

The USS New York's captain said it felt like "coming home" when the ship, built in part with World Trade Center steel, arrived at a New York harbor Monday.

The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.

St. Joe's is "home of the bennie," and for once I'm not using it as a cute name for eggs Benedict, but as a cute name for a beignet, the French doughnut-like pastry also popular in New Orleans.

October 28, 1886: President Grover Cleveland holds a dedication ceremony. In the struggle for autonomy, colonial America needed an ally.

"Truth is not introduced into the individual from without, but was within him all the time." -- Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher On Oct.

The ocean will become a cleaner place thanks to some local kids, who are holding a fund-raiser for Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation on Sunday, Oct.

Scott Dunn captured this impressive aerial shot of the Statue of Liberty with his feet planted firmly on the ground.

The president of the New York Shipping Association has asked state lawmakers to give the industry back control of the 6,000 longshoremen, checkers, security officers and special craft workers in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

The cold weather may be welcome here, but biologists hoping to net a wayward manatee who has wandered 1,300 miles from home are crossing their fingers for some mild hours today in New York Harbor.

Harvestfest celebrates its 25th year this weekend as a community celebration and boon for tourism-related businesses.

The historical drama "Submit!" returns to York, Maine for three performances during Harvestfest weekend: Friday, Oct.

One of the most popular attractions of the Harvestfest Celebration is the food. From the delicious to the unique, there are foods to suit everybody's taste: festival favorites like Kettle corn, sweet potato fries and fried dough, apple crisp and fresh pies.

Imagine being locked up at a local inn and being forced to phone friends and family to post your bail.