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Joe Gelarden Wed, 04/21/2021 - 7:00am
Like most launchings, it started with a groan as gravity, and a pull from a tug, began to pull the steel vessel from the shed where she was born. Slowly at first, then a bit quicker, she slid down the greased ways until her stern dunked into the Damariscotta River.
As the bulk of the 154 foot-long craft left the Washburn & Doughty Shipyard and took her first gentle roll, she became alive. Christened
Capt. Richard G. Spear, she became the latest to be crafted and launched from the shores of East Boothbay.
Your tax money paid $10.9 million to build the 465-ton ferry that will soon sail to Rockland, where she will carry up to 250 passengers and 23 vehicles to Vinalhaven.
Frederick Fritz Freudenberger, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Thu, 04/15/2021 - 2:30pm
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences recently installed eight electric vehicle plugins this spring. The plugins are available for public use on the organization s campus in East Boothbay. Courtesy of Kevin Guay, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Increasing the number of electric vehicle charging stations is one important part of making the Boothbay region’s future more environmentally friendly. This spring, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences installed eight plugins on its campus in East Boothbay, which are now available for public use.
“We try to walk the talk of environmental sustainability and are always looking for ways to support our community,” said Deborah Bronk, Bigelow Laboratory president and CEO. “Encouraging the use of electrical vehicles and providing charging stations is one small way to do both.”
Maine business and higher education leaders announce Compact on Immigration newscentermaine.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newscentermaine.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Maine businesses and educational institutions are getting behind the latest attempt to reform federal immigration law.
The Maine Compact on Immigration has been signed by 70 groups, including the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, the University of New England and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science. At a virtual press conference, Bigelow President Dr. Deborah Bronk said Maine science institutions need the input of people from far away.
“They see the world differently than we do. That difference is power. So, if you want to solve a problem, you need to bring as many different minds together to tackle it. And this is diversity, not as a moral issue, but as a critically important strategic issue,” she said.