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Wed, 02/17/2021 - 8:30am
Welcome aboard everyone. For this week s adventure we will do a little travel back to a time of Goudy and Stevens Shipyard, eventually a Hodgdon Yachts facility, now owned by Washburn and Doughty. I think before Goudy and Stevens it may have been a Hodgdon Brothers yard - not sure about that. At any rate, even though the property has seen many changes, it remains sacred ground in the history of boatbuilding on the banks of the Damariscotta River.
Why am I dredging up past adventures you might ask. Well, its a bit of a long story but I will try to be brief.
Robert Mitchell photo
I was sitting on an overturned bucket aboard
Red Hook with Mark Stover at the helm, Alva Achorn at the ready, and perfect summer sunshine all around. Don Viens was nearby on the dock with his boat blasting some “Dead” and we were all gesturing back and forth as young children are want to do! OSHA had taken the day off and the Coast Guard was preoccupied with larger issues. Eddie Tibbetts was hanging a new sign for the “Atlantic Edge” from a jury-rigged platform balanced precariously, teetering atop a pristine pallet at the end of a fully extended forklift. It was a scene from “The Hardy Boys’ Next Adventure.” “God save the Queen.” Please Don, turn up the music!
Lincoln County Toys for Tots meets year’s great need
SUSAN JOHNS Mon, 12/21/2020 - 8:45am
Some of Hodgdon Yachts’ contributions this year to Lincoln County Toys for Tots. Courtesy of Lisa Marr
Lincoln County Toys for Tots mascot Lincoln Tot. Courtesy of Lisa Marr
As Lisa Marr was taking part in Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s Thirsty Thursday gathering on Zoom Dec. 17, the Lincoln County Toys for Tots coordinator got another request for gifts, pushing to 606 the number of children signed up.
Marr said the need this year has been great and businesses and others have risen to it. Last year, the program had 400 children signed up, she said.